Theater
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GREAT GRANDCHILDREN A play by William Yellow Robe Jr., “Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers,” is performed tonight. It follows a man, descended from a Native American grandmother and an African-American grandfather, who returns home to a Montana reservation. Tonight, 6 p.m., National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, Battery Park, 212-514-3700, free.
SPIRITUALISM ONSTAGE In John Chatterton’s play “Beyond the Veil,” set in Victorian England, an agnostic scientist begins to believe in an afterlife after he meets a medium who accurately predicts a personal tragedy. Soon the scientist begins a series of experiments to prove the validity of spiritualism. Mr. Chatterton directs his own play, loosely based on the life of Sir William Crookes, who performed extensive experiments with a psychic named Florence Cooke. Tonight through Sunday, February 26, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., Where Eagles Dare Theatre, 347 W. 36th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 212-868-4444, $15.
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