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LAURA LOVE -- 7:30 p.m. today. The folk/funk singer performs. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Studio Theater, 12901 Town Commons Dr., Germantown. $30; in advance, $25. 301-528-2260 or http://www.blackrockcenter.org.

NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHORALE -- 8 p.m. Saturday. The chorale performs Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" and Igor Stravinsky's "Symphony of Psalms." Free pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. $29-$79; 17 and younger, free; children's tickets must be requested in person or by phone. 301-581-5100 or http://www.strathmore.org.

Theater

"ALTAR BOYZ" -- Times vary through Jan. 3. Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport's lighthearted musical about a Christian boy band struggling to make it big on a U.S. concert tour. Bethesda Theatre, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. $25-$75. 301-657-7827 or http://www.bethesdatheatre.com.

"PETER PAN" -- Times and days vary, through Jan. 4. A production of the Broadway musical, based on J.M. Barrie's classic story. Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd., Olney. $25-$48; discounts available for groups, seniors and students. 301-924-3400 or http://www.olneytheatre.org.

"THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER" -- 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday. A student production of the 1930s comedy in which New York City radio personality Sheridan Whiteside is invited to dinner at the Stanley house, where he slips and injures his hip. The witty but manipulative city slicker must then stay at the Stanleys' small-town Ohio home until he recovers. Richard Montgomery High School, 250 Richard Montgomery Dr., Rockville. $10; students, $5; tickets available only at the door. 301-996-8475.

"A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" -- 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday. Students perform the Shakespeare comedy. Magruder High School, 5939 Muncaster Mill Rd., Derwood. $10; students, $8. 301-840-4600 or http://www.magruderdrama.org.

"SUMMER BRAVE" -- 7:30 p.m. tomorrow-Saturday. Students perform William Inge's romantic comedy. A revision of the playwright's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Picnic," which explores the concepts of time, attraction and fate. Paint Branch High School, 14121 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. $7; students, $5. 301-989-5600.

"PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" -- 7:30 p.m. tomorrow-Saturday. Students perform a theater production of Jane Austen's classic novel. Montgomery Blair High School, 51 E. University Blvd., Silver Spring. $7; students, $4. 301-649-2800.

"THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG" -- 8 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Montgomery Playhouse performs Wendy Wasserstein's Broadway play about three Jewish sisters from Brooklyn who, during a London reunion, must come to terms with their identities. Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Rd., Gaithersburg. $14; Gaithersburg residents, $12. 301-258-6394 or http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/artsbarn.

"THIRD" -- 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 30, 2 p.m. Nov. 30. A production of Wendy Wasserstein's last play, which studies politics, red states and blue states, and the importance of looking beyond categorizations. Silver Spring Stage, 10145 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. $13-$18. 301-593-6036 or http://www.ssstage.org.

"THE MISSILES OF OCTOBER" -- 8 p.m. Saturday. Heritage Theatre Company performs a drama based on Robert F. Kennedy's book "Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis." Randolph Road Theatre, 4010 Randolph Rd., Silver Spring. $32; seniors, $28; students, $20; $5 discount with donation of a non-perishable food. 301-770-9080 or http://www.theheritagetheatre.org.

Miscellaneous

PHOTOGRAPHY LUNCHTIME LECTURE SERIES -- noon-1 p.m. today-tomorrow. A FotoWeek D.C. lecture series, featuring photojournalist-environmentalist Colin Finlay today, and travel-documentary photographer Alison Wright tomorrow. Lunch will be provided; registration is required at pam_huling@discovery.com. Discovery Communications Headquarters, One Discovery Place, Silver Spring. Free. 240-662-2000.


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