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THEATER

ROAR, DINO Wham City is a popular artists’ collective from Baltimore, founded in 2003 when a group of graduates from the State University of New York in Purchase relocated to Maryland. The group’s first performance was a send-up of “Beauty and the Beast.” Wham City now tackles Michael Crichton in “Shoot Her! A Theatrical Interpretation of Jurassic Park.” The play is directed by Donna Sellinger, and actors include Adam Endres, Rose Chase, and Mason Ross. Tonight, 9:30 p.m., Market Hotel, 957 Broadway at Myrtle Avenue, Bushwick, Brooklyn, $7. For more information, go to whamcity.com.

ART

HARLEM RENAISSANCE The Studio Museum of Harlem presents a retrospective by celebrated multidisciplinary Bronx-born artist Kori Newkirk, who transforms modest materials into works that question traditional notions of cultural and aesthetic beauty. His art for the last 10 years has incorporated materials such as photographs, hair pomade, beads, and neon lights, to create sculptural installations that bear on the politics of identity. Through Sunday, Wednesday–Friday, noon–6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–noon, Sunday, noon–6 p.m., Studio Museum, 144 W. 125th St. at Lenox Avenue, 212-864-4500, $7.

DANCE

TAP FUSION Jack-of-all-trades and master of tap Tamango, brings the self-titled “Tamango’s Urban Tap” to Town Hall. An artist and musician born in Cayenne, French Guiana, Tamango is most famous for adding a high-energy, global twist to the world of tap. His current show mixes styles such as hip-hop and jazz, and performers use techniques from capoeira to stilt walking. Friday, 8 p.m., Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St., between Sixth Avenue and Broadway, 212-997-6661, $35–$40.

FAMILY

TASTY TREATS The New York Botanical Garden invites children to explore the flavorful side of its orchid show in “Sweet Discoveries: Adventures in Vanilla and Chocolate,” in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden. With lenses and microscopes, children examine live vanilla orchids, their seedpods, and vanilla beans to learn about the flavor’s origins. They also embark on a vanilla jelly bean taste test and an expedition into the “rainforest corner,” before grinding their own ingredients to make an ancient Mayan dessert drink. Through Sunday, April 6, Monday–Friday, 1:30–5:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road, the Bronx, 718-817-8716, $20 general, $18 students and seniors, $7 children, free for members.

THEATER

WHAT’S OLD IS NEW The National Theater of the United States of America presents Molière’s “Don Juan” at the Chocolate Factory. Written in the 1600s while Molière’s previous work, “Tartuffe,” was still banned from the stage, “Don Juan” tells the story of the legendary womanizer as he seduces the local women, luring them from convents and other men. “Don Juan” is the experimental theater company’s first attempt at classical text. Wednesday–Saturday, 8 p.m., the Chocolate Factory, 5-49 49th Ave., between Vernon Boulevard and 5th Street, Long Island City, Queens, 718-482-7069, $15.

TWO NATIONS AT ODDS The Public Theater, in association with England’s Royal Court Theatre, presents Caryl Churchill’s “Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?” Churchill has created a metaphorical work about the relationship between America and Britain: The countries are depicted through the characters of Sam and Jack, two men in a gay relationship who have strong opinions on foreign policy. Wednesday through Sunday, April 6, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Wednesday–Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 and 7 p.m., Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., between Astor Place and 4th Street, 212-539-8500, $50.

PHOTOGRAPHY

FACE TO FACE Albrecht Fuchs first began studying photography in 1995 after becoming an apprentice to German artist Martin Kippenberger, who was known for his experimental and provocative art. After working with Kippenberger, Mr. Fuchs struck out on his own, focusing on portraiture: His subjects are other artists whom he admires. Selections include “John Baldessari, Los Angeles” (2004), above. Through Saturday, March 22, Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Mireille Mosler Ltd., 35 E. 67th St. at Madison Avenue, 212-249-4195, free.

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