WRITERS EN ESPANOL Mexican actress Susana Alexander performs her new one-woman show “Las Mujeres No Tenemos Llenadero” (“You Can’t Please a Woman”). She portrays Mexican writers including Elena Poniatowska, Cristina Pacheco, Guadalupe Loaeza, Angeles Mastretta, and Ana Maria Davila in the show, which blends lecture, theater, and poetry. The show is performed in Spanish. Friday, 8 p.m., El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Ave., between 104th and 105th streets, 212-831-7272, $20 general, $15 seniors, students, and members.

BLACKTOP BARD A Lower East Side parking lot will soon be filled with the roar of the Bard. For the 11th year, “Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot” presents Shakespeare plays in an unexpected location. First in the lot is “Richard III,” directed by Joe Beaudin (through Sunday, July 10). Up next is “Taming of the Shrew,” directed by the artistic director of the series, Lennie Mckenzie (Thursday, July 14th-Saturday, August 6th). Schedule: Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m., the municipal parking lot across the street from 85 Ludlow St., between Broome and Delancey streets, free. Note: Chairs are provided on a first-come, first-served basis; audience members can also bring their own chairs.

BROOKLYN STORIES Linda Segal Crawley’s “Pineapple & Henry” follows two stories that take place 75 years apart in a Brooklyn building on the corner of Pineapple and Henry streets. In the present day, a baker must choose between her love for an unsophisticated truck driver and a charming immigrant architect. During Prohibition, the building she works in was a speakeasy known as Al’s Place. In that setting, another love triangle unfolds. Scott Sickles directs the WorkShop Theater Company production. Opens: Saturday, 8 p.m. Runs: Through Saturday, July 9, Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m., WorkShop Theater, 312 W. 36th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, fourth floor, 212-695-4173 ext. 5, $15 general, $10 students.

IDOL CHATTER In the new play “Kicker,” an entertainment journalist scores a big interview only to discover that his literary idol is a fraud. Brendan Hughes directs the Triptych Theatre production. The playwright, Robert Simonson, who is also a theater journalist, writes frequently for The New York Sun. Through Saturday, June 25, days and times vary, the Connelly Theatre, 220 E. 4th St., between avenues A and B, 212-868-4444, $15.

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