Entertainment listings

Blues-metal masters Clutch are back in the Valley for an 8:30 p.m. show at The Cellar, 162 S. Bridge St., Struthers. Joining in as opening acts will be Mayalene and the Sons of Disaster and Wino. Call (330) 750-0199.

Easy Street Productions presents the ever-popular musical “The Music Man” this Mother’s Day weekend at Powers Auditorium. Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Call (330) 744-0264 for tickets.

It’s opening night for “Lend Me a Tenor” at New Castle Playhouse, 212 E. Long Ave., New Castle, Pa. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. The comedy runs through May 28. Call (724) 654-6437.

Here’s what the other community theaters have on their stages this weekend:

“Reefer Madness,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oakland Center for the Arts, 220 W. Boardman St., Youngstown; (330) 746-0404.

“The Miracle Worker,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Victorian Players Theater, 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; (330) 746-5455.

“The Price,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Salem Community Theater, 490 E. State St., Salem; (330) 332-9688.

“Wally’s Cafe,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Trumbull New Theatre, 5883 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles; (330) 652-1103.

The Westminster College Celebrity Series brings its season to a close with “Bye Bye Birdie” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Orr Auditorium.

When rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his agent organizes a nationwide contest. The prize is a farewell kiss from Conrad on The Ed Sullivan Show. Conrad and his entourage descend on the winning girl’s neighborhood, much to the chagrin of her irritable father and her

jealous boyfriend.

The full-scale Broadway touring production features the songs that earned the show eight Tony Awards: “Put on a Happy Face,” “A

Lot of Living to Do,” “One Boy” and the lament of parents with teenagers, “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?”

Good seats are still available. Contact Connie McGinnis, assistant director of the Celebrity Series, at (724) 946-7354 (e-mail: mcginncl@westminster.edu) or go to westminster.edu/Celebrity for more information.

jCovelli Centre (formerly the Chevrolet Centre) will be rockin’ and wrasslin’ when John Cena, the Big Show, Batista and the rest of the WWE stars present Raw Live. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are available at the box office, through ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000.

A Mother’s Day Eve cabaret party will be held at Larry’s Lounge, 2402 Hillman St., Youngstown, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday night. Music will be provided by Youngstown’s Total Package Band. Admission is $7 and all who attend are asked to bring a canned good to donate to the Rescue Mission. A collection barrel will be set up at Larry’s beginning at noon.

For Mother’s Day, take mom to see Tony Award-winning stars Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin at the Palace Theater, 150 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. There are two shows today: 1 and 6:30 p.m. Call (216) 241-6000.k

The Salem Youth Chorus, under the direction of Jon Simsic, will present a sacred choral music concert titled “Bless Ye the Lord” at several Youngstown-area churches. The schedule includes: St. Charles, 7345 Westview Drive, Boardman, 7:30 p.m., May 15; Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, 870 E. State St., Salem, 7:30 p.m., May 16; and St. John’s Episcopal, 323 Wick Ave., Youngstown, 4 p.m., May 17. A freewill offering will be accepted. The Salem Youth Chorus was founded in 2007 to provide area teens with an opportunity to experience sacred choral music as composed by the compositional masters. It has traveled to perform at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia and at the Choral Evensong at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. It will perform at Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City this summer. The Chorus’ two CDs are available at all performances or by calling (330) 332-9688.