BRYANT PARK: Bryant Park continues its summer film series with the classic comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944), directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant. Monday at sundown (lawn...more >

BIRDLAND: Monday: Valerie Pettiford sings songs from her album "Hear My Soul" at 7 p.m. 315 W. 44th St; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB: Through Sunday: trumpeter Chuck Mangione at...more >

AMBULANCE LTD: Influenced by pop, the indie scene and British shoe-gazing, Ambulance's songs are a mixture of lush sounds and fun melodies. Listen to them Thursday at 8 p.m. at Bowery Ballroom, 6...more >

DANCE NEW AMSTERDAM: The New York premiere of Sorvino Dance Project's Buddhist-inspired "Transcendance," today and tomorrow at 8 p.m. 280 Broadway; (212) 279-4200, dnadance.org...more >

BARGEMUSIC: Steven Beck performs all of Beethoven's piano sonatas tonight and tomorrow night at 8 and Sunday at 4 p.m. Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn; (718) 624-2083. TRINITY CHURCH: Female...more >

By ALISA WOLFSON

LADY LIBERTY Show - July 19 The five new members of the legendary Latin group Menudo sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Liberty Outdoor Classic tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., the first...more >

BIRDLAND: Tonight and tomorrow, Emmy winner Lucie Arnaz performs at 8:30 and 11 p.m.. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. METROPOLITAN ROOM: Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Craig Pomranz, 3 W. 22nd St...more >

"AVENUE Q": *** John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "CHICAGO": **** Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St.; (212) 239-6200. "A CHORUS LINE": **...more >

(Starred reviews by Frank Scheck)

"ADDING MACHINE": *** ½ A powerful chamber-music theater adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 Expressionist classic. Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane; (212) 307-4100. Closes...more >

CIVIC COMMUNITY DAY FAIR: A street fair today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Lafayette Street between Walker and Franklin streets. EAST SIDE SUMMER FESTIVAL: Tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on...more >

(Reviews by Clive Barnes)

"AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY": *** A largely new cast, led by the redoubtable Estelle Parsons, has taken over in Tracy Letts' Pulitzer prizewinner. But this eviscerating melodrama remains as...more >