Stage

Shrek The Musical. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre. 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Sept. 6...

Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company is wrapping up its eighth season and true to its reputation for producing regional and world premieres of new plays, it’s currently presenting the regional premiere of Melissa James Gibson’s This, in the Carson Space at The Dairy ...

Friday, May 9: John Mulaney. 9:45 p.m. Comedy Works, 1226 15th St., Denver, 303-595-3637...

Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through May 11...

Mulan. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through May 3...

Thursday, April 24 Shatner’s World 7:30 p.m. Cinemark Century, 1700 29th St., Boulder, 303-444-0583...

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts opened Animal Crackers, the classic of stage and screen from The Marx Bros. And whether you know the show or not, the summary is that it doesn’t matter...

Sunday, April 27: Sweeney Todd. 7:30 p.m. Longmont Theatre Company, 513 Main St., 303-772-5200...

Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through May 11...

Ubunto African Festival at CU. April 19. 2 p.m. Glenn Miller Ballroom, 1669 Euclid Ave., Boulder. 303-492-6161...

Glimpse — An Evening of Three Original Plays. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-443-3934. Through April 26...

The popular platitude to the contrary, sometimes you actually can judge a book by its cover or — in the case of theatre — a play by its title...