Theater
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GRAND NIGHT Dicapo Opera Theatre presents “A Grand Night for Singing,” a revival of the Tony-nominated 1994 Rodgers & Hammerstein revue. The show features dozens of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s songs, from “Oklahoma” to “The Sound of Music.” Singers include Broadway veterans Joan Barber, Joy Hermalyn, and Rob Lorey. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., February 18, 24, and 25, 8 p.m., Sundays, February 19 and 26, 4 p.m., Dicapo Opera Theatre, 184 E. 76th St. at Lexington Avenue, 212-288-9438 ext. 10, $47.50.
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. 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.
KENNEDY ONSTAGE “RFK,” a play written and performed by Jack Holmes, tells the story of Robert F. Kennedy after his older brother was assassinated in 1963. Larry Moss directs. Through Sunday, February 26, Tuesday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, 3 p.m., the Culture Project, 45 Bleecker St. at Lafayette Street, 212-307-4100, $30-$55.
TEXAS RANGER The experimental theater company Stillpoint Productions presents the site-specific work “Death Might Be Your Santa Claus.” Conceived and directed by Lear deBessonet, the show was inspired by the New Yorker article “God Doesn’t Need Ole Anthony,” about a man in Dallas who leads a ragtag group of Christians who want to expose a televangelist fraud. Saturday through Tuesday, February 21, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 3 and 8 p.m., 15 Nassau St. at Pine Street, 212-352-3101, $15.
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