Critic’s Picks: The best of South Sound arts this week
“I Love You…” returns to Tacoma Musical Playhouse
The second-longest running off-Broadway musical, translated into 14 languages — “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” is a comedy stage hit, and now it’s back at Tacoma Musical Playhouse.
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays from Friday (Feb. 5)-Feb. 28, and 2 p.m. Feb. 20 and 27. $31 adult; $29 senior, student and military; $22 ages 12 and younger. 7116 Sixth Ave., Tacoma. 253-565-6867, tmp.org.
Pianist Robin Spielberg at Theatre on the Square
Known for “personal, expressive” performances and her own solos and arrangements, pianist and composer Robin Spielberg comes to Theatre on the Square funded by the Tacoma Philharmonic Endowment.
7:30 p.m. Friday (Feb. 5). Tickets are $19-$49. Theatre on the Square, 915 Broadway, Tacoma. 253-591-5894, broadwaycenter.org.
Harbor Winds play Gig Harbor
Presented by The Narrows Music Society, wind ensemble Harbor Winds perform a concert of music by Whitacre, Tichell, Erickson and Grainger. Directed by Eric Swanson, the show features Gig Harbor High School sax soloist Leah Meyer.
6:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission free, donations will be accepted. Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, 7700 Skansie Ave., Gig Harbor. narrowsmusicsociety.org.
Classical strings at Classical Tuesdays
The Classical Tuesdays series of free concerts in Old Town Tacoma winds up the season with a concert of string music featuring husband-and-wife violin/viola duo Maria Sampen and Tim Christie, along with their University of Puget Sound colleague cellist Alistair MacRae. The program includes solos, duets and trios by Haydn, Mozart, Berio and Beethoven.
7 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Slavonian Hall, 2306 N. 30th St., Tacoma. 253-752-2135, classicaltuesdays.blogspot.com.
Rosemary Ponnekanti: 253-597-8568, @rose_ponnekanti
This story was originally published February 4, 2016 at 7:07 AM with the headline "Critic’s Picks: The best of South Sound arts this week."