Jennah Pendleton

Los Altos Stage Company brings a 20th-century Paris cabaret and some of the most brilliant minds of the modern world to its box theater in Los Altos, or at least a fantastical version of them as imagined by beloved comedian and playwright Steve Martin in “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.”

The new TheatreWorks production of “Little Shop of Horrors” maintains the charm of the original while giving more gravity to its roots as a cautionary tale against capitalism.

Pianist and actor Hershey Felder has returned to Mountain View in TheatreWorks’ “Chopin in Paris,” taking on the role of famed composer Fredyryk Chopin, considered one of the greatest musical minds of his time. The one-man show opened Aug. 19 and runs through Sept. 11.

Recent nationwide events such as the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the Dobbs decision make TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s newest original work, “Nan and the Lower Body,” arguably more relevant than when playwright Jessica Dickey began writing it in 2016.

South Bay audiences should jump at the chance to see Smuin Ballet’s vibrant final program of the season, “Dance Series 2: P.S. Forever Smuin,” this week in Mountain View.

“Riverdale” is the CW’s modern reimagining of the Archie comic franchise, and it is nothing short of a spectacle. Throughout its five seasons, the show targeted at teens has indelicately stumbled its way through a staggering number of plotlines involving serial killers, gangs, cults, gay conversion camps, incest, mobs, student-teacher “romances” and much, much more.

There were a lot of factors that went into “Malcolm & Marie” being one of the most hotly anticipated films of early 2021. It was the first Hollywood feature film to be entirely written and produced during the pandemic. Filming took place in secret last summer with a small crew and even smaller cast of only Zendaya and John David Washington.

There is a lot to unpack in the new Netflix series “Tiny Pretty Things.” It follows teen students at a prestigious ballet school as they compete for roles, navigate relationships and unravel the mystery behind the accident that left the school’s star student in a coma. Like “Pretty Little Liars,” TPT’s mystery cannot be untied from sexual tension and the creators take great intrigue in the sexuality of its underage characters.