A Tribute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
the Space Ballroom in Hamden on May 3 at 8 p.m. Lys Guillorn and the Void Kittens opens. $20. spaceballroom.com.
Connecticut Forum
$15-$110. ctforum.org.
‘Hartford’s Got Talent’
as deftly as she has since first making her mark on the American comedy scene decades ago. It’s been 20 years since she was a writer and cast member on “Saturday Night Live” and 18 since her career-defining concert film “Jesus is Magic.” Her bestselling memoir “The Bedwetter” was turned into an off-Broadway musical last year, and in February she guest-hosted “The Daily Show” for a week. Silverman’s “Grow Some Lips” tour comes to Mohegan Sun Arena on May 5 at 8 p.m. $39.50-$99.50. mohegansun.com.
Lizzo
XL Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Hartford
The empowering, ebullient
Foxwoods Resort Casino, 250 Trolley Line Blvd., Mashantucket
Major hitmakers of the 1980s and ’90s Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, EPMD, Rakim, and Roxanne Shante are all touring together to mark half a century of hip-hop, a movement they were at the forefront of. May 6 at 8 p.m. at Foxwood’s Premier Theater. $39-$155. foxwoods. com.
I Was Born in Love With You: Music of Bacharach and Legrand
Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society, 297 Boston Post Road, Madison
Madison Lyric Stage offers a dual tribute to the unparalleled ’60s pop composer Burt Bacharach (who died in February) and French film composer Michel Legrand. Vocalists include Lyric Stage co-founder (and internationally known opera singer) Marc Deaton plus Ashley Cotton, Mary McCue, Meera Mennillo and Ariana Straznicky, performing alongside a jazz combo led by Nick Stanford. May 5 at 7 p.m. and May 6 at 4 p.m. $40. madison lyricstage.org.