THE BIRTH OF JESUS Symphony Space presents a Thanksgiving-themed presentation of the Completely Mobile Theatre Company’s “Two From Galilee,” a family musical based on the novel by Marjory Holmes. The musical follows Joseph and Mary’s trek from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and the eventual birth of Jesus. Friday through Sunday, Friday and Saturday,3 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 4 p.m., Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, 212-864-5400, $25 general, $20 members, $17–$22 seniors, $10 students.

MUSIC SAVES ME “The Big Voice: God or Merman?” follows the lives of a Baptist from Arkansas and a Catholic from Brooklyn who find eternal salvation in the temple of musical theater. The play is written and performed by Jim Brochu and Steve Schalchlin and is directed by Anthony Barnao. Saturday through an open run, Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 and 7 p.m., the Actors Temple Theatre, 339 W. 47th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 212-239-6200, $35–$55.