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PARTICIPATORY

West African Dance Class, Danceland, 638 Columbia Street Ext., Latham. 6 p.m. Friday. $12. 518-986-2379. For both beginner and advanced students. Dancers: Bring water, wear comfortable clothes and can dance in your bare feet for class.

PERFORMANCE

New York Theatre Ballet, The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany. 3 p.m. Sunday. $20; adult admitted free when accompanied by a child. The tale of “Cinderella” is elaborately told through dance with colorful costumes reminiscent of the most spectacular book illustrations complete with wicked stepsisters, the fairy godmother, magic slippers, and a most charming prince.

STAGE

“Cruel Intentions: The ’90’s Musical,” Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. 8 p.m. Friday. $20-$65. 518346-6204 or proctors.org. A hit-filled stage adaptation of the 1999 teen movie, which was itself based on the classic novel, “Dangerous Liaisons.”

“Old Love New Love,” Curtain Call Theatre, 1 Jeanne Jugan Lane, Latham. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $25. 518-877-7529 or curtaincalltheatre.com. A mother and daughter navigate the choppy waters of infidelity amid very different circumstances. A play about what we can’t remember and what we can forgive.

PB&J Cafe: “Stuart Little,” Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. 7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m., 2 and 5 p.m. Saturday. $15. 518-346-6204 or proctors.org. The PB&J Café will give young theatergoers the opportunity to order a meal from the cast of characters, participate in an art activity, dine during the live musical theatre performance, and come home with autographs from their favorite actors. First up: an adaptation of E.B. White’s classic children’s book about a mouse and his human family. “Rumpelstiltskin,” Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Ave., Albany. 3 p.m. Saturday. $15. 518-438-5503 or steamer10theatre.org. A new adaptation of the classic fairytale about greed. A miller tells a tale that his daughter can turn straw into gold. A strange (and strangely named) man is willing to help, or is he? “Urinetown,” Cohoes Music Hall, 58 Remsen St., Cohoes. 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $15-$27. 518-9530630 or thecohoesmusichall. org. Playhouse Stage Company presents the Tony-winning satirical comedy musical about the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement and municipal politics.

“A View from the Bridge,” Ghent Playhouse, 6 Town Hall Place, Ghent. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $10-$22. 518-392-6264 or ghentplayhouse.org. In Arthur Miller’s drama, the limits of family bonds and personal honor are tested for a middle-aged Brooklyn longshoreman, living with his wife and their 17-yearold niece, after the arrival of his wife’s cousins, illegal immigrants from Italy, causes the man’s goals of protecting his niece becoming unconscious desires to possess her. Chuckles for Knuckles (Fundraiser for Women’s Self Defense), American Legion, 35 Cohoes Ave., Green Island. 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday. $15-$20. 518-272-1198 or comedysbestkeptsecret.com. Come see what happens when nationally touring comedians travel to Albany to raise money for women’s self defense. Fiasco! An Improvised Comedy about Terrible People, The Mopco Improv Theatre, 10 N. Jay St., Schenectady. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. $15. 518-577-6726 or mopco.org. This month we stray into the town of Sucker Creek, legendary home of a terrifying creature, who lurks in its dark swamps.

High Mud Comedy Fest, MASS MOCA, 1040 MASS MOCA Way, North Adams, Mass. 8 p.m. Friday; noon Saturday. $32-$75. 413-6622111 or massmoca.org. The annual comedy festival features Friday headliner Jusah Friedlander and Saturday headliner Michelle Buteau, as well as Sarah Squirm, James Adomian, Catherine Cohen, Sidney Gish, Cocoon Central Dance Team, Second City Workshop and more. There will also be workshops, mocking museum tours and musical interludes.

Mike Gaffney & Jaye Mcbride, The Comedy Works, 388 Broadway, Saratoga.

8 p.m. Friday; 8 and 10 p.m. Saturday. $20-$25. 518-2756897 or thecomedyworks.com. Stand-up

Olivia Grace & Albert Kirchner: Separated at Birth, The Mopco Improv Theatre, 10 N. Jay St., Schenectady. 11 p.m. Saturday. $10-$15. 518-577-6726 or mopco.org. Stand-up comedy. Pretty Much The Best Comedy Show: Matt Koff, Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. 8 p.m. Saturday. $15-$20. 518-346-6204 or proctors.org. Stand-up comedy.

Spontaneous Broadway, The Mopco Improv Theatre, 10 N. Jay St., Schenectady. 8 p.m. Saturday. $6-$15. 518-5776726 or mopco.org. A fully improvised musical experience inspired by the audience.

Josh Wolf, The Funny Bone, 1 Crossgates Mall Road, Albany. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday; 7 and 9:45 p.m. Saturday. $15 518-3137484 or albany.funnybone.com. Stand-up comedy.

FILM

“Ascending Afghanistan: Rising Women,” Carey Institute for Global Good, 63 Huyck Road, Rensselaerville. 4 p.m. Sunday. Free. 518-797-5100 or careyinstitute.org. (U.S., 2018) View the film, meet Ascend Executive Director Marina Legree and Special Projects Manager Sarah Kuehl, and engage in a live Q&A session with Ascend program participants from Kabul via Skype.

“Mary Janes: The Women of Weed,” Charles R. Wood Theater, 207 Glen St., Glens Falls. 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday. $14. 518-480-4878 or woodtheater.org. (U.S., 2017) The documentary follows female “ganjapreneurs”, who we call Puffragettes (as in Pot + Suffragette), as they navigate the highs and lows of the legal U.S. cannabis industry.

“On the Basis of Sex,” Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady. Noon and 7 p.m.