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Connor Hall (Jerry), Meredith Brustlin (Jo), Gusta Johnson (Elena Firenzi) and Ashanti Williams (Pasquale) in Good Theater’s production of “Lend Me a Soprano.” (Photo by Rich Obrey)

‘Lend Me a Soprano’

7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Performances run through March 8. Good Theater at Stevens Square, 631 Stevens Ave., Portland, $45, $10 for students and 30 and under. goodtheater.com.

Good Theater presents Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me a Soprano,” based on the playwright’s Tony Award-winning show “Lend Me a Tenor.” The comedy is set in 1934, where you’ll meet smart and fiery Cleveland Grand Opera manager Lucille Wiley. When international singing sensation, soprano Elena Firenzi, is tardy for her one-night-only turn in “Carmen,” it sets off a chain of events and emotional responses that will have you rolling in the aisles.

Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

Musician Terrance Simien. (Photo by James Dean)

8 p.m. Friday. One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $42 in advance, $45 at the door. onelongfellowsquare.com.

Here’s a chance to see a two-time Grammy winner performing in an intimate Portland listening room. Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience will be serving up Creole culture with their blend of Zydeco, soul, reggae and New Orleans jazz. The Mardi Gras party vibes will be strong, as the band has been at it for four decades.

A heated scene from “Glengarry Glen Ross.” (Photo by Morgan Myer)

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’

7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25. Performances run through March 8. O’Maine Studios, 54 Danforth St., Portland, $30, $25 students for opening weekend performances, then $36 in advance, $40 day of show. space538.org.

Space presents an off-site performance of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Director Sean Mewshaw has the reins on an acute case study of desperation and capitalism. Set in a Chicago real estate office, the drama brims with razor sharp dialogue when wild-eyed salesmen are pitted against other, their livelihoods and dignity laid bare.

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Steven Williams, Walter Parks and Ada Dyer. (Courtesy of the artist)

Walter Parks & The Unlawful Assembly

7:30 p.m. Friday. Boothbay Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor, $25 in advance, $30 day of show. boothbayoperahouse.com.

Guitarist Walter Parks and his band will be playing spirituals, Appalachian reels, Delta blues, work songs, swamp jazz and even a bit of opera. Parks was a longtime sideman to guitarist and singer-songwriter Richie Havens, and he pays tribute to Havens during every performance. The trio features powerhouse vocalist Ada Dyer, who toured with Bruce Springsteen as a backup singer last year.

‘TÖGAL: Cross the Threshold’ 

7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast, 37 Miller St., sliding scale starting at $20. becountercurrent.com.

Belfast-based theater company counter/current collective presents the world premiere of the immersive theater experience “TÖGAL.” The show is a collaboration with three professional theater artists from around the country. In Buddhism, tögal translates to “direct crossing” and refers to a state of transcendence that is experienced near death.

Gabe Hoffman-Johnson, a founding investor in the Hearts of Pine USL soccer team, at Fitzpatrick Stadium on Aug. 14, 2024, as site preparation for team locker rooms takes place in the background. (Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer)

Maine Voices Live with Gabe Hoffman-Johnson

7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24. Hannaford Hall at University of Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth St., Portland, $15, $40 (includes Lighthouse scarf). pressherald.com.

Portland Press Herald sports reporter Steve Craig will be chatting with Hearts of Pine founder Gabe Hoffman Johnson in front of a live audience. The Maine Voices Live interview will delve into the backstory of how Portland’s first professional soccer team came to be. Hoffman-Johnson is a longtime Mainer and former collegiate and professional soccer player. The Portland Hearts of Pine inaugural season was a huge success, with all 18 home games selling out.

Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press Herald. She has been obsessed with – and inspired by – music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town...

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