FITZGERALD IN LOVE

Peter Mills’s new musical “The Pursuit of Persephone” inserts F. Scott Fitzgerald into the plot of his first novel, “This Side of Paradise.” The play follows a college romance between Fitzgerald and a beautiful debutante based on his future wife, Zelda Sayre. (In real life, she rejected him repeatedly until the novel’s publication made him a star; they married one week after its release.) Cara Reichel, who co-wrote the show, directs the Prospect Theater Company production. Opens: Saturday, 8 p.m. Runs: Through Sunday, May 22, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Connelly Theatre, 220 E. 4th St., between avenues A and B, 212-352-3101, $15 general, $12 students. Note: Additional performances take place Monday, May 2, and Wednesday, May 18, at 8 p.m.

TURKISH DELIGHT

Catherine Filloux’s “The Beauty Inside” tells the stories of a girl who survives an “honor killing” in rural Turkey and the Turkish-American lawyer who tries to defend her against her family. Kay Matschullat directs the New Georges production. Through Saturday, May 7, Monday-Friday, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, 3 and 7:30 p.m., the Culture Project, 45 Bleecker St. at Lafayette Street, 212-868-4444, $25. Note: Monday’s performance is pay-what-youwish at the door.

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