If you like your music freakishly off the wall and eclectic, out sister act CocoRosie — with its catchy and adventurous blend of electronic, folk and hip-hop influences — is sure to please when the duo performs at 8 p.m. June 9 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St. Stateside tour dates are few and far between for this pair, so be sure to catch them before they return to their European stomping ground. For more information or tickets, visit www.cocorosieland.com or call (215) 922-6888.
HER SHOW MUST GO ON: With “The New Adventures of Old Christine” canceled and her own Saturday-night talk show in jeopardy, out comedian Wanda Sykes won’t be the regular TV fixture she was in the last year. Fortunately for us, she’s still one of the smartest and funniest comedians out there. And if Conan O’Brien is any indication, TV woes make for good jokes. So get tickets for one of her two shows, 8 and 11 p.m. June 4 at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, before they sell out. For more information, call (609) 317-1000.
Carousel
Plays & Players Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical, through June 6, 1714 Delancey Place; (215) 735-0630.
Fiddler on the Roof
Walnut Street Theatre presents the award-winning musical, through July 18, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 574-3550.
516 [five sixteen] Walnut Street Theatre’s Studio 5 presents the story of revenge, romance and academics written by Katharine Clark Gray, through June 6, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 574-3550.
I am My Own Wife
Amaryllis Theatre Company presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a transvestite living and surviving in Nazi- and Soviet-occupied East Berlin, through June 13, 2030 Sansom St.; (877) 260-1126.
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Arden Theatre Company presents an adaptation of Laura Joffe Numeroff’s bestselling children’s book about the chaos a demanding mouse can create, through June 13 on Arden’s Arcadia Stage, 40 N. Second St.; (215) 922-1122.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the production about African-American musicians in 1920s Chicago, through June 13 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; (215) 985-0420.
Much Ado About Nothing
Actors’ NET of Bucks County presents Shakespeare’s comedy, through June 6 at The Heritage Center, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville; (215) 428-0217.
The Musical of Musicals: The Musical
Independence Studio on 3 presents a pastiche of elements from big-name musicals, through June 27, 825 Walnut St.; (215) 574-3550.
The Next Reunion
Society Hill Playhouse presents the story of friends who crash a 10-year high-school reunion after their own turns out to be a bust, through June 20, 508 S. Eighth St.; (215) 923-0210.
Rent
The blockbuster musical about artists struggling with love and HIV in the 1980s runs through June 6 at Media Theatre, 104 E. State St., Media; (610) 891-0100.
Respect: A Musical Journey of Women
Society Hill Playhouse presents an exuberant musical that recounts the journey of women in the 20th century with popular music, through June 27, 507 S. Eighth St.; (215) 923-0210.
The Screwtape Letters
Lantern Theater Company presents an adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ revered classic about a demon in Hell’s bureaucracy writing letters to his nephew, through June 6 at St. Stephen’s Theater, 19 S. 10th St.; (215) 829-0395.
Sunday in the Park with George
Arden Theatre Company presents Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, through July 4, 40 N. Second St.; (215) 922-1122.
MUSIC Beyond the Wall
The Pink Floyd tribute band performs at 8 p.m. June 4 at Sellersville Theater 1894, 136 N. Main St., Sellersville; (215) 257-3000.
Dutoit Conducts Strauss
The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Munich-born violinist Arabella Steinbacher performing Mozart’s Fifth Concerto, 8 p.m. June 4, 5 and 8 and 2 p.m. June 6 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
The Legwarmers
The ’80s tribute band performs at 9 p.m. June 4 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; (215) 922-6888.
A Concert of Hope
The ALS Hope Foundation presents a concert featuring the 35-member Accordion Pops Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. June 5 at Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, 260 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
Erykah Badu
The neo-soul singer performs at 8 p.m. June 8 at Tower Theatre, 19 S. 69th St., Upper Darby; (610) 352-2887.
The Wailers
The reggae pioneers perform at 8 p.m. June 8 at Sellersville Theater 1894, 136 N. Main St., Sellersville; (215) 257-3000.
CocoRosie
The out musical duo performs at 8 p.m. June 9 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; (215) 922-6888.
James Taylor and Carole King
The ’70s superstar singer-songwriters perform at 8 p.m. June 10 at the Wachovia Center, 3601 S. Broad St.; (800) 298-4200.
Mahler’s Third Symphony
The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Mahler’s massive, six-movement symphony, 8 p.m. June 10-12 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
EXHIBITS Ancient Rome & America
The National Constitution Center presents an exhibition of rare artifacts from Italy and the United States, including excavated remains from Pompeii and Roman busts of Julius Caesar and Cicero, through Aug. 1, 525 Arch St.; (215) 409-6600.
Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt
The Franklin Institute presents an exhibition of 150 artifacts from Egypt, through Jan. 2, 20th Street and the Parkway; (215) 448-1200.
Contemporary Folklore
The James A. Michener Art Museum presents an exhibition featuring the works of four regional artists, mining both collective and personal stories to create sculptures that retell new histories, through June 13, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; (215) 340-9800.
Expressway
Gallery 339 presents an exhibition of photography by Toshio Shibata, through June 12, 339 S. 21st St.; (215) 731-1530.
For Ruthie: Ruth Krauss, Maurice Sendak and Their Young Philosophers
The Rosenbach Museum presents an exhibition exploring the working relationship between the two authors, through June 21, 2008-2010 Delancey Place; (215) 732-1600.
Mimesis
The Clay Studio presents an exhibition of works by Molly Hatch, through June 27, 139 N. Second St.; (215) 925-3453.
Minor League
Gallery 339 presents an exhibition of photography by Andrea Modica, through June 12, 339 S. 21st St.; (215) 731-1530.
Moore Adventures in Wonderland
The Rosenbach Museum presents a Marianne Moore and “Alice in Wonderland”-inspired installation, created by Rosenbach artist-in-residence Sue Johnson, through June 6, 2008-2010 Delancey Place; (215) 732-1600.
Ni Una Mas (Not One More) The Leonard Westphal College presents an exhibition addressing the global issue of femicide — targeted violence against women, through July 16, 3401 Filbert St.; (215) 895-2548.
Queer Voices
Institute of Contemporary Art presents a group exhibition of queer art, through Aug. 1, 118 S. 36th St.; (215) 898-7108.
Slow Movements
ArtStar Gallery presents an exhibition of works from Julie West, through June 13, 623 N. Second St.; (215) 238-1557.
Smooth Cartographies
The Phillip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College presents an exhibition of work from digital media artist Greg Scranton using locative technologies, through Aug. 1, 601 E. Main St., Collegeville; (610) 409-3500.
Sublime Nature
AxD Gallery presents an exhibition of the photography of Mark Fields and Georg Purvis III, through June 5, 265 S. 10th St.; (215) 627-6250.
Thomas Hucker & Thomas Huang
Wexler Gallery presents an exhibition of works by the two furniture artists, through June 26, 201 N. Third St.; (215) 923-7030.
DANCE
Pennsylvania Ballet
The ballet company performs John Cranko’s “Romeo and Juliet,” through June 12 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.; (215) 790-5847.
FILM Cronos
The 1993 horror film from Guillermo del Toro is screened at 9:45 p.m. June 4 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; (610) 917-0223.
The Graduate The 1967 film starring Dustin Hoffman is screened at 2 p.m. June 6 at The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; (610) 917-0223.
Ghostbusters
The ’80s comedy is screened at 8 p.m. June 7 at the Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St.; (215) 922-6888.
Daddy Long Legs
Bryn Mawr Film Institute hosts a screening of the musical, starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron, about the attraction that develops between an American millionaire and his French ward, 7 p.m. June 8, 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr; (610) 527-9898.
BOOKS James Earl Hardy and Stanley Bennett Clay
Two of the contributors to “Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn
Harris” host a reading at 5:30 p.m. June 5 at Giovanni’s Room, 345 S. 12th St.; (215) 923-2960.
Vincent John Ancona
The out Philadelphia poet hosts a reading and book signing from 6-8 p.m. June 5 at TBar Gallery, 117 S. 12th St.; (215) 625-3936.
Novella Carpenter
The author of “Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer” hosts a reading at 7:30 p.m. June 8 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; (215) 686-5322.
Robert McCrum
The author of “Globish: How the English Language Became the World’s Language” hosts a reading at 7:30 p.m. June 10 at Central Library, 1901 Vine St.; (215) 686-5322.
CABARET Viva Burlesque! Arts Bank hosts a new Vaudeville-inspired ballet featuring dancers from The Peek-A-Boo Revue, Bravissimo Burlesque, Sister’s Sirens and Cabaret Red Light, 8-11 p.m. June 10, 601 S. Broad St.; (800) 595-4849.
ETC The Comedians of Chelsea Lately
Comedians Loni Love, Josh Wolf, Brad Wollack and Chuy perform at 8 p.m. June 4 at Tower Theatre, 19 S. 69th St., Upper Darby; (610) 352-2887.
Wanda Sykes
The out comedian performs at 8 and 11 p.m. June 4 at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; (609) 317-1000.
Building Bash
The William Way Community Center hosts its annual building fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. June 5, 1315 Spruce St.; (215) 732-2220.
Conan O’Brien
The former “Tonight Show” host performs at 8 p.m. June 7 at Tower Theatre, 19 S. 69th St., Upper Darby; (610) 352-2887.
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