‘LUCKY STIFF’ RISES AGAIN IN OCEANSIDE
Oceanside Theatre Company and Scripps Ranch Theatre’s co-production of this musical farce opens in its Oceanside run tonight, following a run in Scripps Ranch last month. It’s the story of a man who can inherit his late uncle’s fortune only if he takes his corpse on a gambling vacation to Monte Carlo. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Through March 19. Brooks Theatre, 217 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside. $20-$50. (760) 433-8900, oceansidetheatre.org “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”: Lamplighters Community Theatre presents Dale Wasserman’s play, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, about a petty criminal who accepts confinement in a brutal mental institution to avoid a prison sentence. Opens tonight and runs through March 26. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. 5915 Severin Drive, La Mesa. $22-$25. (619) 303-5092, lamplighterslamesa.com
“The Spirit of Harriet Tubman”: North Coast Repertory Theatre presents actor Leslie McCurdy in a one-woman play inspired by life of the famous underground railroad conductor. 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. $39. (858) 481-1055, northcoastrep.org
“Mean Girls, the Musical”: Broadway San Diego presents the national touring production of this film-based story of a teen girl who turns the tables on her high school bullies. 8 p.m. today; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 6:30 p. m. Sunday. San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave., San Diego. $39-$114. broadwaysd.com
“Sunday in the Park With George”: CCAE Theatricals presents Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s time-hopping musical abut French pointillist painter Georges Seurat and his obsession with making art. 7:30 p.m. today; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido. $35-$85. (760) 839-4138, artcenter.org
“Anything Goes”: San Diego Musical Theatre presents this classic dance-filled musical about stars and stowaways aboard a trans-Atlantic ocean liner. 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 3 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Through March 12. 4650 Mercury St., San Diego. $25-$70. (858) 560-5740, sdmt.org
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T”: Lamb’s Players Theatre presents Kerry Meads and Vanda Eggington’s revue of music by American women singers and songwriters of the 1960s. 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 2 and 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Through April 9. 1142 Orange Ave., Coronado. $67-$72. (619) 437-6000, lambsplayers.org