HOT TICKETS

“Stomp,” the ultra-high-energy percussion- and dance-based stage show is now in its 16th season of touring the country and wowing crowds. The show is at Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center this week, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 5 and 9 p.m. Saturday and 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Call (412) 456-6666 for tickets. k

34west Theater Company’s dinner-theater production of “Radio Jamboree Re-Tuned” resumes, with shows at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, and 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Das Dutch Village Inn, 150 E. state Route 14, Columbiana. Call (330) 482-5050 for tickets.

If you haven’t had a chance to experience the outdoor movies at Yellow Creek Theatre, there’s still time. Friday’s film will be “Mildred Pierce,” which was scheduled earlier this summer but was rained out. Joan Crawford stars in the film that won her an Academy Award and revived her career. Crawford gives one of her most convincing performances in this story of a determined woman’s rise from waitress to restaurateur. Her sole motivation in life becomes the happiness of her decadent, spoiled daughter. The film conveys director Michael Curtiz’s love of the night world and captures the ambiance of 1940s Southern California. The film will be shown at dusk behind the library on route 224 in Poland. Admission is free.

Here’s what is playing on area stages:

“Bye Bye, Birdie,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Trumbull New Theatre, 5883 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles; (330) 652-1103.

“Love, Ludmilla,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oakland Center for the Arts, 220 W. Boardman St., Youngstown; (330) 746-0404.

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

j Marcy Brown and Billy Brown of the Sweaty Betty Blues Band share a moment during a recent performance. The Pittsburgh-based band will be at Five Points Wine and Bar, 9065 Springfield Road, Poland, Saturday night. Show starts at 8 p.m. Call (330) 549-2932.

Main Street Theater in Columbiana kicks off its second annual vocal talent competition Saturday at 11 a.m. The theater is at 5 N. Main St., Columbiana. Admission is $3.

Some curious cows at the A.G. Gander Farm in Mercer County, Pa., eyeball a visitor. The farm is one of the stops on the Mercer County Country Tour, which will be Saturday and Sunday. The annual “drive it yourself” tour has six stops that represent the county’s agricultural nature. Participants can stay as long as they want at any stop, although the tour hours are 1 to 6:30 p.m. For information and a map, go to any library or agricultural business in the county, or the Cooperative Extension Office on U.S. route 19. You also can go to mercer.extension.psu.edu.k

Sunday at Stambaugh, the luncheon series, begins its new season Sunday in Stambaugh Auditorium’s Christman Room. Opera Western Reserve will present a selection of arias and also preview its November production of “Carmen.” Lunch will be served at 12:20 p.m. with the presentation at 1 p.m., and reservations are a must. Call (330) 259-0555.

The last time Social Distortion came to The Wedge in Austintown, the band produced one of the best flat-out nights of rock in recent memory for this area. The punk-edged So-Cal rockers return to The Wedge on Oct. 2, with opening acts Middle Class Rut and The Strangers. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. One of the bands originally scheduled to perform, TAT, had to drop off the bill. A limited amount of tickets are still available at Chili’s in Boardman and Biketown Ink (inside Biketown Harley-Davidson in Austintown); or charge online at www.WNCD.com.