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THEATER
SINS OF THE MOTHER Israel Horovitz the director does well by Israel Horovitz the playwright in this drama of guilt and retribution, in which the past exerts a remorseless claim on the present. The stage is populated with vivid characters, none more compelling than the city of Gloucester itself. Through Sept. 13. Gloucester Stage, Gloucester. 978-281-4433, www.gloucesterstage.org DON AUCOIN JERSEY BOYS Don’t go expecting the thrill of the new. But do go to this hit musical, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, for the rush of the familiar: the songs, the jokes, the hardscrabble kids, the peaks and pitfalls of stardom done well. With four talented and immensely appealing performers leading us by our ears, evergreen hooks acquire a measure of pathos and joy. Through Sept. 26. Citi Shubert Theatre. 866-348-9738, www.citicenter.org JOAN ANDERMAN TWELFTH NIGHT Star turns by the entire ensemble, enhanced by ingenious sight gags, yield a classic that’s fresh and exhilarating. Through Sept. 5. At Shakespeare & Company, Lenox. 413-637-3353, www.shakespeare .org S.M. DANCE
LARISSA DOUGLAS CONTEMPORARY DANCE Recent Harvard College alumna Larissa Douglas debuts her new company in an evening of pieces that highlight the interaction between dance and music. “Timbre + Flux’’ includes her latest work, a collaboration with Harvard electroacoustic composer Hans Tutschku. The concert features live music by guitarist Daniel Acsadi and cellist Nico Olarte-Hayes. Sept. 4-5. $8-$15. Harvard Dance Center, Cambridge. 574-274-2274, www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu/cal MARTA RENZI The award-winning choreographer’s site-specific works have taken her to the Guggenheim Museum and the Staten Island Ferry. This weekend, she brings an all-female cast to the Yard to dance outdoors under Martha’s Vineyard skies. Her new site-specific work is set to a series of songs in the American folk tradition. Sept. 6. $15-$50. The Yard, Chilmark. 508-645-9662, www.dancetheyard.org
TANGO BY MOONLIGHT Grab the tail end of summer with one last pre-Labor Day dance under the stars when Tango by Moonlight sends couples gliding across the Weeks pedestrian bridge. As music fills the air and the water of the Charles River ripples below, you can dance or simply revel in the ambience. This monthly tango happening gets underway around 7:30 p.m. and goes until 11 or so. Sept. 4 (rain date Sept. 5.) Free. Weeks Memorial Footbridge (Memorial Dr. and Dewolfe St.), Cambridge. 617-721-4872, www.bostontango.org
KAREN CAMPBELL
MUSEUMS
PRENDERGAST IN ITALY Maurice Prendergast’s views of Rome, Siena, Venice, and Capri as well as archival material from the artist’s two trips to Italy in 1898 and 1911. Through Sept. 20. Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown. 413-597-2429, www.wcma.orgROBERT INDIANA AND THE STAR OF HOPE A stimulating survey, drawn from the artist’s own collection, of the work of this Pop artist and graphic designer, who has long had a studio and house in Maine. Through Oct. 25. Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine. 207-596-6457, www.farnsworthmuseum.org
SEARCH FOR THE REAL: DRAWINGS BY HANS HOFMANN AND HIS STUDENTS An examination of the legacy of Hans Hofmann’s teachings at his art school in Provincetown, including charcoal and ink drawings by, among others, Robert De Niro Sr., Lee Krasner, and Hofmann himself. Through Oct. 11. Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown. 508-487-1750, www.paam.org
A NEW AND NATIVE BEAUTY: THE ART AND CRAFT OF GREENE AND GREENE A succinct and beautifully installed overview of these stars of the American Arts and Crafts movement, featuring furniture, stained glass, and metalwork as well as architectural drawings. Through Oct. 18. Museum of Fine Arts. 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org SEBASTIAN SMEE
GALLERIES
JOHN WATERS: NEUROTIC The campy cult filmmaker makes art, too. For this show, Waters excerpts and sometimes craftily alters old films, including a sex-education movie from the 1950s, and he documents his own performance as the Provincetown town crier. Through Sept. 15. Albert Merola Gallery, 424 Commercial St., Provincetown. 508-487-4424, www.albertmerolagallery.comALEC SOTH: DOG DAYS BOGOTÁ The photographer spent two months in Bogotá when he adopted his daughter there in 2003. During that time, he shot the city, its people, and its animals. Sept. 9-Nov. 28. Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 621 Huntington Ave. 617-879-7333, www.massart.edu
HISTORIC INTERPRETATION: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS INTERPRET THE HISTORIC COLLECTION Dozens of artists created works responding to artifacts at the Peabody Historical Society & Museum. Open from noon to 3 p.m. on the first and third Sunday of each month. Through Oct. 18, Peabody Historical Society & Museum’s Gideon Foster and Osborne-Salata Houses, 33 and 35 Washington St., Peabody. 978-531-0805, www.peabodyhistorical.org CATE McQUAID 
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