Area entertainment events

jMike Malone escaped the mean streets of Marion, Ohio, by getting into comedy. He’s toured the country, and earlier this year released his second album, “Random Thoughts.” Malone has played at the Funny Farm, 5583 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles, before, but when he returns this weekend, it’ll be as a headliner — a first. Malone will do his act at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday. Call (330) 652-4242

Inspirational comedian Jason Laipply, who is best known for his “Evolution of Dance” act (seen by just about everybody in the world on YouTube), will be the guest performer at Trumbull County’s Got Talent. The teen talent show starts at 6 p.m. at the YWCA, 375 N. Park Ave., Warren. It’s free.k

“The Earth Trembled” is the Passion play produced every Easter season since 1992 by Top Hat Productions. Vindicator theater critic Milan Paurich says it “conveys the same ‘let’s put on a show’ energy and enthusiasm of Top Hat’s more secular productions.” The show will be staged at Fairview Arts and Outreach Center, 4220 Youngstown-Poland Road, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Call (800) 838-3006.

In rock clubs this Easter eve:

Readymade Breakup, a New Jersey-based power pop band, plays One-Eyed Willie’s, 255 S. Four Mile Run Road, Austintown. Willie’s is a two-level club, with a bar on the main floor and the stage (and another bar) on the lower level. Call (330) 799-3335.

The Weedhawks, a duo from West Virginia who mix folk, bluegrass and country with a very wry sense of humor, return to Cedars, 23 N. Hazel St., downtown. Call (330) 743-6560.

The gorgeous-sounding Starlight Darlings are reminiscent of 10,000 Maniacs. Check them out at University Pizzeria, 133 Lincoln Ave., Youngstown; (330) 743-9244.

Acoustic Juggernaut and Jordan DePaul and the Reputations team up for a show at Barley’s, 21 W. Federal St., downtown. Call (330) 743-6480.

hSpring Cabaret Party, featuring Youngstown’s Total Package Band, will be at the Buckeye Elks, 421 North Ave., Youngstown, at 9 p.m. April 17. Tickets are $10 ($12 at the door); call (330) 746-1115.

Ballet Western Reserve’s annual Enchanted Evening at the Gardens will be at 7 p.m. April 30 at Fellows Riverside Gardens in Mill Creek Park. Tickets are $35 and include wine and hors d’eouvres at a pre-show reception, as well as dessert and champagne afterward. Call (330) 744-1934 for tickets. k