I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Through mid February. www.downstairscabaret.com. Rochester’s longest-running show continues in its fifth year. Don’t miss the hilarious hit musical about relationships. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre. 585-325-4370.

Water Coolers. Through mid February. www.downstairscabaret.com. High-powered laugh-out-loud, new musical revue about what we go through just making every workweek happen. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre. 585-325-4370.

The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron? Through February 4. www.downstairscabaret.com. You’ll laugh non-stop as Bobby ransacks his brain to answer the age old question, “What do women want ?” Hailed by critics and audiences alike, THE MALE INTELLECT: an oxymoron? is a rare, clever combination of theatre and stand-up comedy that is gut-thumpingly funny, provocative and thoughtful, all at once. There are two types of people who should rush to see it—men and women! Downstairs Cabaret Theatre. 585-325-4370.

Nuts and Bolts Improv Troupe. www.downstairscabaret.com. Each show is customized to the audience, taking suggestions to determine the theme and subject matter of the individual sketches. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre. 585-325-4370.

Cindy Miller’s “I Got the Music In Me.” www.downstairscabaret.com. Miller is a cabaret-style singer and impersonator. Downstairs Cabaret Theatre. 585-325-4370.

Gap Mangione. www.woodclifflodge.com. Fridays and Saturdays. New Blues Band. Lodge at Woodcliff. 585-381-4000

Musical Artists. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. www.panevinoristorante.com. Many local musicians playing jazz and blues. Regular performers include, Mark Cascara, John Cole, Tom Monte and Special Blend. Pane Vino Ristorante. 585-232-6090

The Underpants. Through February 4. www.gevatheatre.org. Louise and Theo live a modest and predictable life…until the day Louise’s bloomers fall down in public-at a parade, no less. Theo fears that the incident will cost him his position as a government clerk. Louise’s accidental lapse doesn’t cost her husband his job, but it does attract two men, both of whom have fallen under Louise’s unintended spell. Geva Theatre Center. 585-232-1366.

Disney’s High School Musical. January 3. www.bluecrossarena.com. Blue Cross Arena. 585-758-5300.

Symphony 101 Series. January 5 & 7. www.rpo.org. Harmony and Dissonance. Performance Hall at Hochstein. 585-454-2100.

WPOP Series. January 12 & 13 www.rpo.org. Enjoy classic cartoons on the big screen in Rochester’s original movie palace, the Eastman Theatre, while your RPO performs their exhilarating scores! 585-454-2100.

Casual Sunday Matinée Series. January 14. www.rpo.org. An Afternoon at the Opera. Discover the beauty of opera with popular overtures and arias. Selections include music from William Tell, Ride of the Valkyrie, Tannhausers and more. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Philharmonic Series. January 18 & 20. www.rpo.org. Appalachian Spring- James Gaffigan, conductor. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Tick…Tick…BOOM! January 19-February 10. www.blackfriars.org. A musical look at the courage it takes to follow your dreams. Tick…Tick…BOOM! It’s Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical tale of a young composer on the brink of turning 30 and falling into oblivion. Blackfriars Theatre. 585-454-1260.

“From Chicago to New York.” January 20. www.naz.edu. Take a jazz journey From Chicago to New York. From the bright-light districts of Chicago to the world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, jazz is what it’s all about. Nazareth College Arts Center. 585-389-2170.

Winemakers Dinners. January 26, February 23 & March 23-www.bristolharbour.com. Bristol Harbour Resort. 1-800-288-8248.

Philadanco! The Philadelphia Dance Company January 26. www.naz.edu/artscenter. From a city steeped in American history comes a company that looks to the future, blending global influences with urban rhythms and emotional resonance. Nazareth College Arts Center. 585-389-2170.

Geva Comedy Improv. January 26-27. www.gevatheatre.org. Packed with songs, scenes and all around silliness, all made from your suggestions. Geva Theatre Center. 585-232-1366.

Vincenzo Bellini: Norma. January 26 & 28. www.mercuryoperarochester.org. Norma, a Druid high priestess, secretly loves Pollione, the Roman pro-consul, and has borne him two sons, breaking her vow of chastity. Pollione has grown tired of the aging Norma and has fallen in love with Adalgisa, a young temple virgin. Despite Adalgisa’s piety and virtue, she agrees to flee to Rome with Pollione. Adalgisa innocently tells Norma of her love, and Norma curses Pollione for his treachery. Eastman Theatre. 585-473-6567.

FEBRUARY

Laser Show. Double Feature: Dave Matthews and Beatles in laser light. Every Saturday in February. www.rmsc.org. Strasenburgh Planetarium. 585-271-1880.

Philharmonics Series. February 1 & 3. www.rpo.org. Celebrate America-Daniel Hege, conductor, Elmar Oliveira, violin. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Lord of the Dance. February 3. www.rbtl.org. Rochester Broadway Theatre League, Auditorium Theatre. 585-222-5000.

WPOP Series. February 9 & 10 www.rpo.org. Mambo! Rochester’s own Mambo Kings spice up the winter with their special blend of hot Afro-Cuban rhythms and cool jazz riffs, taking Tito Puente’s Latin jazz and turning it up a notch with the Orchestra. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Oliver. February 9-11; 17-18. www.naz.edu/artscenter Waiflike orphan Oliver Twist and his confederate, the Artful Dodger, negotiate the challenges and trials of life in Victorian London. Nazareth College Arts Center. 585-389-2170.

Sweet Charity. February 13-18. www.rbtl.org. Starring the sensational Molly Ringwald, SWEET CHARITY’s tuneful score features such hits as “Hey, Big Spender,” “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This,” and “If My Friends Could See Me Now.” Rochester Broadway Theatre League, Auditorium Theatre. 585-222-5000.

Our Town. February 13- March 25. www.gevatheatre.org. Grovers Corners, New Hampshire in 1901. It’s a place where nothing much and everything important in life happens. The Stage Manager introduces some of the hardy and hardworking Yankees who live there…you see a few of the noteworthy moments in their lives. Geva Theatre. 585-232-1366.

Eastman Chamber Jazz. February 14. www.rochester.edu/eastman/concerts. Kilbourn Hall. 585-274-1100.

Laughing Stock. February 15-17. www.rit.edu/ntid/theatre. A crazy, fun-filled look at backstage life in The Playhouse, a small New England summer stock theatre with a company on the edge of a nervous breakdown. The insecure actors, picky business managers and clueless technicians are in shock when the director schedules a season of Charley’s Aunt, Dracula, and Hamlet. NTID at Rochester Institute of Technology. 585-475-6250.

Philharmonics Series. February 15 & 17. www.rpo.org. Valentine’s Day: Romeo and Juliet. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Symphony 101 Series. February 16 & 18. www.rpo.org. Major and Minor. Performance Hall at Hochstein and Hale Auditorium in Roberts Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan College. 585-454-2100.

Joey & Maria’s Comedy Theater. February 17, March 10 & 24. www.woodclifflodge.com The Lodge at Woodcliff. Reservation Required. 585- 381-4000.

Eastman Repertory Singers and Women’s Chorus. February 18. www.rochester.edu/eastman/concerts. Whitney Cairns and Susan Conkling, conductors. Kilbourn Hall. 585-274-1100.

Philharmonics Series. February 22 & 24. www.rpo.org. The Great Romantics, Christopher Seaman, conductor. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Sesame Street Live. February 23-25. www.rbtl.org. See Big Bird, Elmo and friends. Auditorium Theatre. 585-222-5000.

Festival of Ten V. February 23-March 3. www.brockport.edu. The fifth biennial Festival of Ten is an evening of sometimes thought-provoking, sometimes hilarious ruminations on the human condition. As the audience takes in the new, fully produced 10-minute plays, they become as instrumental to the playwrights as pens, pads, or word processors. Rounding out the takes in the ten new festival will be the Playwrights Symposium, held on March 3. SUNY Brockport. 585-395-ARTS.

The Goat or Who is Sylvia. February 23-March 25. www.shippingdocktheatre.org. In true Aristotelian fashion, Edward Albee presents us with a hero at the height of his powers. Martin is a world-famous, 50 year-old architect chosen to design a 27 billion-dollar dream city in the American Midwest. There is one problem: Martin reveals to his best friend that he is helplessly, obsessively and physically in love with a goat called Sylvia. Shipping Dock Theatre. 585-232-2250.

MARCH

Laser Show: Pink Floyd. Every Saturday in March. www.rmsc.org. Strasenburgh Planetarium. 585-271-1880.

BB King. March 2. www.rbtl.org. Auditorium Theatre, Rochester Broadway Theatre League. 585-222-5000.

“Times Square-A Broadway Musical Revue.” March 2-April 28. www.mjstages.com. Experience through song and dance the day in the life of three sailors who are on leave in NYC. Auditorium Theatre. 585-935-7173.

WPOP Series. March 2 & 3. www.rpo.org. “1950s: The Golden Age of Television.” Travel down memory lane to the early days of television! A decade of songs from the Hit Parade, classic TV themes, game shows and commercials all wrapped into a fantastic theatrical show. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Casual Sunday Matinee Series. March 4. www.rpo.org. In the spirit of American Idol and Star Search, you’ll meet the winners of our local contest to find the best and brightest high school student. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Philharmonics Series. March 8 & 10. www.rpo.org. Pinchas Plays Bach: Pinchas Zukerman. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Philharmonics Series. March 15 & 17. www.rpo.org. The Firebird-Gerard Schwarz, conductor. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble. March 16.www.naz.edu/artscenter. The grace and elegance of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble have helped revitalize the rich dance culture of the Hungarian people. Nazareth College Arts Center. 585-389-2170.

Epic Proportions. March 16-18; 22-25; 29-31. www.blackfriars.org. Set in the 1930’s, Epic Proportions tells the story of two brothers, Benny and Phil, who go to the Arizona desert to be extras in the huge Biblical epic Exeunt Omnes. Things move very quickly in this riotous comedy and before you know it, Phil is directing the movie and Benny is starring in it. Blackfriars Theatre. 585-454-1260.

Lavender Tales From the Lilac City. March 17 www.thergmc.org. In this extraordinary concert the RGMC reflects on the history of gay, lesbian, and transgender people of Rochester. Accompany us on a journey through time as the RGMC weaves memories, personal stories, and GLBT history of the twentieth century with music that speaks to this experience. Rochester Gay Mens Chorus. Hochstein Performance Hall. 585-423-0650.

The Irish Rovers. March 18. www.naz.edu/artcenter. Before the Celtic explosion of the last decade, there were the Irish Rovers. They are legendary and magical, and you’ll thrill to their rousing music in this celebration of the green. Nazareth College Arts Center. 585-389-2170.

Nine Parts of Desire. March 20-April 8. www.gevatheatre.org. Nine Iraqi women share the true stories of their lives before, during and after the regime of Saddam Hussein. With each story, the ground shifts and our understanding of what we see on the evening news, is in turn, altered and complicated. Geva Theatre Center. 585-232-1366.

WPOP Series. March 23-24. www.rpo.org. “Let’s Go to the Movies” Democrat and Chronicle movie critic Jack Garner, hosts an evening of favorite music from the silver screen. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Philharmonics Series. March 29-31. www.rpo.org. Percussion Sensation. Christopher Seaman, conductor. Eastman Theatre. 585-454-2100.

Symphony 101. March 30. www.rpo.org. In the Garden of Good and Evil. Performance Hall at Hochstein. 585-454-2100.