Theater
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MURDER MUSICAL “Thrill Me” sets the story of the Leopold and Loeb murders to song. Stephen Dolginoff’s musical drama is set in 1924 Chicago, when two privileged childhood friends set out to commit the perfect crime. Believing that laws did not apply to those who approached Nietzsche’s “Superman,” they kidnapped and murdered a young boy walking home from school. Quickly apprehended, the pair were represented in court by Clarence Darrow and sentenced to life in prison. Matt Bauer and Doug Kreeger star and Michael Rupert directs the York Theatre Company production. Opens: Tonight. Runs: Through Saturday, June 25, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 8 p.m., Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Friday, 8:30 p.m., Saturday, 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Saint Peter’s, Citigroup Center, 619 Lexington Ave. at 54th Street, 212-868-4444, $55 general, $20 students on the day of the performance.
ONE ON ONE The one-man show “A Spalding Gray Matter” uses the structure of Gray’s monologues to explore his life and death through the “eerily parallel” experiences of writer and performer Michael Brandt. Ian Morgan directs for Breedingground Productions’ Spring Fever Festival. Tomorrow through Saturday, June 11, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 11, 1:30 p.m., Sundays, May 29 and June 5, 1:30 p.m., Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, Flamboyan Theatre, 107 Suffolk St. at Rivington Street, 347-683-7698, $10.
WORLD TRAVELS A new production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy “Wonder of the World” marks the Phoenix Players’ 20th anniversary in Queens. The protagonist is a woman on the run who meets a series of oddball characters during a journey to Niagara Falls. The company’s artistic director, Robert Combe, shares directorial duties with Ben Fabrizi. Through Saturday, tomorrow, 8 p.m., Saturday, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14th Road, College Point, Queens, 516-678-0016, $12 general, $8 seniors and students. Note: The play contains strong language and suggestive themes.
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