saturday/14
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Rita back in the Bay. She started singing while serving in the Israeli army in the 1980s. The Tehran-born pop singer and actress known simply as Rita returns to the Bay Area for a performance with a repertoire of her hits in Hebrew, English and Farsi.
8 p.m. Saturday, May 14 at Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford. $75-$85. www.tinyurl.com/ofjcc-rita
thursday/19
“Lightning in the Brain.” Opening night of Corey Fischer music-theater piece about identity and memory. Through July 19. At Marsh Theater, 1062 Valencia St., S.F. 8 p.m. $20-$100. www.themarsh.org