‘Raisin’ her game

There’s something old and someone new emerging in Queens at the Astoria Performing Arts Center’s production of the musical “Raisin” — the revival of the Tony Award-winning musical based on Lorraine Hansberry’s book “A Raisin in the Sun” and Caribbean-rooted dancer/instructor Tamrin Goldberg’s debut as a choreographer.

The arts center’s artistic director, Dev Bondarin, is directing this presentation of “Raisin,” which opened last Thursday and runs through May 27. Goldberg — whose mother hails from Grenada — said Bondarin brought her into the theater group and gave her the assignment to choreograph the musical.

“I’ve been working with her (Bondarin) and the company for the last few months getting the show in order,” said the Seattle native, who’s lived New York for eight years. Goldberg revealed she wasn’t aware of the 1970s musical rendition of “Raisin” until Bondarin called about the current APAC revival, but she remembers reading the Hansberry book in high school and was familiar with the movie, both of which explored the trials and tribulations of the African-American family in 1950s Chicago.

The center is at 30-44 Crescent St. For tickets and information on “Raisin,” visit www.apacny.org or call (718) 706-5750.

Here comes Mother’s Day

Time to make some very special plans — Mother’s Day is almost here. Here is a selected list of events marking the respected holiday tribute to mothers:

With moms and Mother’s Day in mind, Basil Dawkins’ stage work “Four Can’t Play,” starring famous Jamaican comedian Oliver Samuels, Ruth Ho Shing, Maylynne Lowe and Dennis Titus, will be presented by Everybody’s Caribbean Magazine at the Brooklyn College Performing Arts Center on May 20; York College Performing Arts Center in Queens on May 26; the Family Partnership Center in Poughkeepsie May 27 and and the Lovinger Theater at Lehman College in the Bronx on May 28.

Get tickets online at www.everybodysmag.com. and get information by calling (718) 941-1879

Celebrating mothers and honoring three special award recipients, the Montserrat Progressive Society of New York will hold its 26th Mother’s Day Extravaganza May 14 in the Bronx at Villa Barone Manor, 737 Throgs Neck Expressway, starting at 1:30 p.m.

Tickets are $110 for adults and $60 for children under 12. Call (347) 458-7622, (718) 207-8949 or buy tickets online at http://bit.ly/mspextravaganza2017

Lee (Scratch) Perry’s in town

A rare New York performance by reggae legend Lee (Scratch) Perry, with the Subatomic Sound System and Screechy Dan, takes place at Tuesday in Manhattan at S.O.B.’s, 204 Varick St. at 8 p.m. For tickets and information, visit www.sobs.com.