"Much Ado About Nothing": Wordplay, masquerades and machinations abound in Shakespeare's love story, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Kaimuki High School Auditorium. Ida Anderson and Chad Yangson play Beatrice and Benedick; Michael Ng plays the villainous Don John. Admission $2. Information: 733-4913.
"Scapino": Adaptation of a play by Moliere in the commedia dell'arte tradition (expect wild plots and lots of slapstick comedy), 7:30 p.m. Friday, La Pietra-Hawaii School for Girls Student Center. The title character is the sly servant of a miserly master. Repeats 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission $5 adults, $3 students. Information: 922-2744.
"You Can't Take It With You!": An eccentric family in 1930s New York receives a visit from an IRS agent, 8 p.m. Friday, Parker School Auditorium. Jackie Abbott directs this lighthearted comedy. Waimea Community Theatre cast includes Susan McKenna, Pamela Murphy, Tom Byrne and Bill Fennie. Repeats 8 p.m. Saturday, May 10 and 11 and 2 p.m. Sunday and May 12. Admission. Information: 885-8948, Big Island.
"Hula Heart": A young boy from Hawaii must adjust to life in California. Honolulu Theatre for Youth presents Velina Hasu Houston's story of a boy's wacky, poignant world. Repeats 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 4:30 p.m. May 11 at McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Beach Park. Admission $9 general, $7.50 ages 13 to 18, $5 children and seniors. Information: 839-9885.
"The Hula Mooners": Original script by Ray Bumatai and Tracy Anderson reincarnates the Honeymooners in contemporary Hawaii. Cast includes Bumatai, Anderson, Cindy Mayo Souza and Cora Lei Nguyen. Repeats 8 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at Manoa Valley Theatre. Admission $10; $2 discount for military, seniors and students. Information: 988-6131.
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat": A young man overcomes several setbacks and reunites with his once-hostile family. The Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical is directed by Laurence Paxton, with choreography by Andrew Sakaguchi and musical direction by Emmett G. Yoshioka. Featuring Matthew Pedersen, Yvonne Filius and Isaac Calpito. Repeats 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and 4 p.m. Sundays, through May 19 at Diamond Head Theatre. Admission $10 to $40. Information: 734-0274.
"Our Town": Hawaii Pacific University presents Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about life in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, around the turn of the century. Directed by Joyce Maltby. Cast includes Jim Hutchison, Judy LeDoux and Michael Winters-Maloney. Repeats 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday at the school's Hawaii Loa campus. Admission $10 general, $7 seniors, faculty and staff, $5 HPU students and children. Information: 254-0853.
"Three Tall Women": Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Edward Albee examines three ages in one woman's life. Jo Pruden, Patrice Scott and Kristine Altwies play the same woman at different times; Guy DeConte also stars. Directed by Susan Park. Repeats 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 4 p.m. Sunday, at Manoa Valley Theatre. Admission $23 to $27; discounts for seniors, military, students. Information: 988-6131.
"The Watcher of Waipuna": Businessmen and a greedy sister urge a man possessed by different personalities to sell his property. Keith K. Kashiwada directs his adaptation of Gary Pak's black comedy. Cast includes Rodney Kwock, Dann Seki, Margaret Jones and JanDee Abraham. Repeats 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, through June 2 at Kumu Kahua Theatre. Admission $12 general, $9 seniors, students and children; $9 Thursdays. Signed performance May 12. Information: 536-4441.
"Spring Footholds": All-student dance concert with choreography by Christephor Gilbert and Heidi Miller continues 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, at Kennedy Theatre. With David DeBlieck, Esther Izuo, Cydnee Yamamoto and other dancers. Tickets $7 general; $5 students, seniors, military, UH faculty and staff; $3 UH-Manoa students. Call 956-7655.
Classical Okinawan dance and music: "Ryusei Honryu Yanagi No Kai Hawaii Shibu," 10th anniversary recital, features Okinawan dance master Mitsuko Toguchi, sanshin master Harry Seisho Nakasone, the Ogawa Paranku Group and others, 3 p.m. Saturday, Farrington High School auditorium. Tickets $8. Call the Kalihi-Palama Culture & Arts Society at 521-6905.
Hawaii State Ballet: Students age 4 and up perform, 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Mamiya Theatre, St. Louis High School. Tickets $12. Call 947-2755.
Folio 94 "Pass Out": Folio 94 presents its latest issue with performances by Elliot Weiss & Bert Taylor, Red Flea, the Magic Ants, Nadia Hava-Robbins and others, 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday at Borders, Ward Centre. The artists' magazine, a cooperative effort by visual artists and poets, will be at 20 percent discount this evening. Call 949-0565.
Workshops: Actors Lab-Hawaii offers classes for adults 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays, and for children 4 to 6 p.m. Sundays, in June at Calvary-by-the-Sea Lutheran Church. Costs $10. Call 373-9597.
Sesame Street Live: Seeking actors who dance and dancers who act for live stage shows featuring the Muppets, 2 p.m. Friday at the UH Temporary Dance Building.
National Tap Dance Day: Dancers of all ages may call Jack Cione at 922-8401 weekday mornings. He is organizing a show at Ala Moana Shopping Center on May 25 - the birthday of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.