CHICAGO
Get jazzed up with Broadway musical Chicago, which returns to Singapore for a limited season.
In the Roaring Twenties, showgirls-turned-murderesses Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly hire smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn to manipulate the media frenzy around their trials and spare them from the noose.
WHERE: Sands Theatre, MasterCard Theatres at Marina Bay Sands, 10 Bayfront Avenue WHEN: Till Feb 26; 8pm (Tuesdays to Fridays), 2 and 8pm (Saturdays), 1 and 6pm (Sundays) ADMISSION: $65 to $175 from Sistic (call 6348-5555 or go to sistic.com.sg) INFO: www.sistic.com.sg/events/chicago0217
DETENTION KATONG
Dream Academy's comic musical will take audiences back to their school days. Valerie Choo plays a good schoolgirl gone bad, with singer Inch Chua and YouTube star Munah Bagharib as her schoolmates. Their teachers are played by an all-star cast including (photo, from left) Sebastian Tan, Darius Tan, Neo Swee Lin and Suhaimi Yusof.
WHERE: Esplanade Theatre, 1 Esplanade Drive WHEN: Today to March 5; 8pm (Tuesdays to Sundays), 3pm (weekends, except Feb 25) ADMISSION: $35 to $160 from Sistic INFO: www.sistic.com.sg/events/ckatong0317
PORT CITIES: MULTICULTURAL EMPORIUMS OF ASIA, 1500-1900
This weekend is your last chance to catch this exhibition, which has been made free for everyone in its final days. It features more than 180 objects that were used and traded in seven port cities across Asia, such as Nagasaki, Batavia and Singapore. From Japanese robes made from Indian chintz (photo) to a 19th-century necklace made of French and Austro-Hungarian coins, these artefacts interrogate the fluidity of notions of tradition and culture.
WHERE: Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Place WHEN: Today, 10am to 9pm; Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 7pm ADMISSION: Free INFO: acm.org.sg/exhibitions/port-cities
SINGLIT HEARTLAND BOOK DROP
Epigram Books is leaving 50 books - from picture books to graphic novels to literary fiction - in five areas for people to take home, as part of the #BuySingLit movement. Books will be placed at each location on different dates. Once you find one, tag Epigram Books on Facebook and Instagram and post the serial number on the book to get an e-voucher for your next Epigram purchase.
WHERE: Ang Mo Kio, Telok Blangah, Bugis-Bras Basah, Tampines, Clementi. Google maps at bit.ly/2kVAONO will be updated with every new batch of hidden books WHEN: Today to Feb 26 INFO: http://bit.ly/2krWb9U
