Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v “A Chorus Line,” 7:30 p.m.: The Youngstown Playhouse opens its season with this Tony Award-winning smash; 330-788-8739

v “Unnecessary Farce,” 8 p.m.: A modern take on the traditional farce on stage at Salem Community Theater, 490 E. State St., Salem; 330-332-9688

v “Bus Stop,” 8 p.m.: Season-opening drama at Trumbull New Theatre, 5883 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles; 330-652-1103

v “You Can’t Take It With You,” 7:30 p.m.: Family comedy at Victorian Players Theater, 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-746- 5455

v Summer Soiree, 8 p.m.: A juggernaut of top Ohio jam bands, including Adam’s Ale, Alex Hall’s Figurehead, Yosemight and Drunken Sunday, in one show at Kent Stage, 175 E. Main St., Kent; thekentstage.com.

“Utopia” (8 p.m., Fox): Did they make it five days? The show moves to its regular Friday time slot.

“James McNeill Whistler and the Case for Beauty” (10 p.m., PBS): A look at that guy who painted the picture of his mom.

“Z Nation” (10 p.m., Syfy): Do we really need another show about zombies? The producers of “Z Nation” think so. They’ve given us a lighthearted drama about a ragtag team trying to transport the only known survivor of a zombie virus from New York to a California lab in hopes of creating a vaccine.

TV listings, B6

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Film series returns to Westminster

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.

Westminster College’s Jake Erhardt International Film Series will resume Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater.

The program is free and open to the public.

Up first will be Jon Shenk’s 2011 documentary “The Island President.” The film follows President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world.

After bringing democracy to his homeland, Nasheed is fighting to keep it from disappearing under the sea.

The film, in English, includes locations in Denmark, England, India and New York as well as the Maldives.

Westminster seniors Mark Eck and Jordan Locke will introduce the film and lead a short discussion after the viewing.

Additional films are scheduled for Oct. 21 and Nov. 18.

The series is named in honor of its founder, Jacob Erhardt, professor of German emeritus at Westminster College.

Pittsburgh Public offers ‘Menagerie’

PITTSBURGH

The Glass Menagerie was the first play produced by Pittsburgh Public Theater when the theater company opened Sept. 17, 1975.

Now the company begins its 40th anniversary Season of Legends with a brand-new production of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece.

Directed by Pamela Berlin, “The Glass Menagerie” runs Oct. 2 to Nov. 2 at the O’Reilly Theater, PPT’s home in the heart of Downtown’s Cultural District.

For show times and tickets call 412-316-600 or go to ppt.org.