Ballet Concerto's Summer Dance Concert is back. It started Thursday and runs through Sunday with four ballets each night, two of them choreographed by Webster Dean. Bring food and beer/wine, and make it even more enjoyable.
8:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday. Trinity Park Pavilion, 2300 W. Seventh St., Fort Worth. Free on lawn, $30 table seating. 817-738-7915; www.balletconcerto.com.
-- Mark Lowry
Wonderful Wood
Bruce Wood, the acclaimed Fort Worth choreographer, has four performances in Dallas this weekend, but you'll want to see at least two nights. Program 1 (Saturday) features the works Slump, I'm My Brother's Keeper and Lovett!, while Program 2 (Friday and Sunday) features Piano Concert No. 3, Follow Me and The Day of Small Things.
8 p.m. Friday & Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Montgomery Arts Theater at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, 2501 Flora St., Dallas. $35-$100. 214-428-2263; www.brucewoodance.com.
-- Mark Lowry
Blue period
The Blue Man Group performers have been doing it for so long that they probably don't need paint for the blue part. By now, it must be genetics. Nature or nurture? Doesn't matter, as their shows can still be a lot of fun.
Tuesday through July 1. Bass Hall, Fort Worth. $38.50-$99. 817-212-4280; www.basshall.com.
-- Mark Lowry
Depression days
The Diviners takes over the stage at Arts Fifth Avenue in Fort Worth for a multinight run. Set in a small town during the Depression, the play revolves around a mentally challenged boy and his friendship with a stranger passing through town.
Friday through Thursday. Arts Fifth Avenue, 1628 Fifth Ave., Fort Worth. $15. 817-923-9500; artsfifthavenue.org.
-- Cary Darling
