Performing Arts: Our Top 5 Shows for the Week

Start December out right with the following theatrical performances.

By Julie LaPorte

Gene Lewis and Valerie Vigoda. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Arena Stage presents Striking 12
December 2 through 13
Combining pop-rock, musical comedy and old-fashioned uplift with a healthy dose of 21st-century skepticism, Striking 12 is a unique hybrid of musical theater and live concert performed by celebrated pop-rock trio GrooveLily. From the Tony Award-winning writer Rachel Sheinkin (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) comes this story of a Grumpy Guy who decides to avoid the hectic, loveless world on New Year’s Eve, until he’s visited by an incandescent salesgirl with the promise to chase away his winter doldrums.