Find yourself whisked away to steamy 1980s Madrid with Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Directed by Xavier Taylor with choreography by Liberty DeLeon and music direction by Erica Umback, the sizzling musical farce of female resilience based on the film by Pedro Almodóvar reveals the unraveling world of voice-over artist Pepa as her wandering lover and a cast of memorable characters serve up black comic chaos with a specially laced batch of gazpacho and an irresistibly Spanish-flavored beat.
$5–35, times vary. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. livearts.org
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