THURSDAY-APRIL 21

Get a glimpse into the minds and hearts of Colorado women during the Women’s Theatre Festival at Millibo Art Theatre. Performances feature original short plays, poetry, monologues, movement and dance dreamed up by the ladies and themed around bread and butter. It opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and runs 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through April 21, 1626 S. Tejon St., $25-$28; 719-465-6321, themat.org.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Award-winning guest conductor Earl Lee will take to the podium to lead the Colorado Springs Philharmonic through its latest Masterworks performance. The weekend’s concerts feature Hector Berlioz’s 1830 “Symphonie Fantastique,” about a man so obsessed with a woman he takes an overdose of opium in the wake of the failed relationship. The piece is based on his crush on an Irish woman whom he eventually married, only to divorce years later. The program also features Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Danse negre” and guest violinist Stella Chen on Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., $31-$91; csphilharmonic.org, axs.com.

FRIDAY

Tribute band Stone Beat Invasion will offer a two-for-one special and pay homage to rock bands The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. You can get your “Satisfaction” and “Gimme Shelter” by the Stones at the same show as “A Hard Day’s Night” and “I am the Walrus” by the boys from Liverpool. The band’s horn section consists of members of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force bands. Showtime is 7 p.m. Friday, Stargazers Theatre, 10 S. Parkside Drive, $20; 719-476-2200, stargazerstheatre.com.

SATURDAY

Funky Little Theater Company brings us “The Wind is Us: The Death That Killed Capote,” the first in its new two-show day series. The play chronicles Truman Capote’s most popular book, “In Cold Blood,” and how it kick-started the collapse of his life and eventual death in 1984. Eddie Schumacher stars in the one-man show. Showtimes are 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Westside Community Center, 1628 W. Bijou St. Tickets are $19-$24; 719-654-3312, funkylittletheater.org.

SATURDAY

The professional Denver company Ballet Ariel will celebrate its 25th season with performances of “American in Paris,” “Appalachian Spring” and dances from “Le Corsaire” during its Silver Anniversary Dance Collection. The 7:30 p.m. Saturday show is at Cleo Parker Robinson Theatre, 119 Park Ave. W., Denver. The 7:30 p.m. April 27 and 2 p.m. April 28 shows are at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Tickets are $25-$35; 303-945-4388, balletariel.org.

SUNDAY

The sweet sounds of a cappella singing will pour forth from Grace and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church during Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble’s “Soundscapes,” presented by the Taylor Memorial Concert Series. The free 3 p.m. Sunday performance will feature Knut Nystedt’s dramatic “Stabat Mater” for choir and cello, and Dominick Argento’s “Walden Pond,” based on text by Henry David Thoreau, for choir, cellos and harp, 631 N. Tejon St.; 719-650-4754, cvae.org.