A scene from Crazy for You, now playing at the Maltz. Theater: Thanks to the business savvy of the Gershwin Estate, George and Ira Gershwin have written a few musicals after their death. Or rather, their vast song trunk has been made available to those who would reuse their familiar and obscure compositions in new settings, such as Crazy for You, a “new” show from 1992 that harkens back in style and score to the 1930s. The story concerns an affluent New Yorker who yearns to be a song-and-dance man, but is sent off to the sleepy town of Deadrock, Nev., to foreclose on a dormant theater. Of course, as these shows go, he falls in love instead. The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, which has had considerable success with large-scale musicals, keeps its string alive, thanks primarily to crafty choreographer Shea Sullivan and star-in-the-making leading man, Matt Loehr. Continuing through April 17. Call (561) 575-2223 for tickets. – H. Erstein
Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu in Potiche. Film: As he showed is his earlier giddy tribute to the fair sex, 8 Women, French director Francois Ozon knows how to serve up froth. In his latest release, Potiche, he enlists the services of his country’s two great film icons, Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu, in a slight, but affectionate comedy with economic and labor issues in the mix as well. Suzanne Pujol (Deneuve) is a “potiche,” a trophy wife to the owner-manager of an umbrella factory facing a worker strike. When her husband gets sidelined with a heart attack, she steps in and takes control of the plant, aided by the Communist-leaning mayor (Depardieu), who happens to be the hubby’s prime rival. Souffles like this are rarely served up with such style. At area theaters. – H. Erstein
Caroline Goulding.Music: Caroline Goulding is one of the classical world’s legitimate rising stars, something that the Avery Fisher folks realized when in March they have a $25,000 Career Grant to the 18-year-old violinist from Port Huron, Mich. Her self-titled debut album has an unusual collection of short pieces from John Corigliano’s Red Violin Caprices to two Canadian folk fiddling tunes. Recorded performances reveal a violinist of great confidence and big technique who in her choices of material promises to be a musician who always will be worth watching. She solos today in the Bruch Concerto No. 1 in G minor (Op. 25) with Stewart Robertson and the Atlantic Classical Orchestra in two performances at the Lyric Theatre in Stuart. The shows are set for 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the theater. If you miss her, and you know someone at the Ocean Reef Cultural Center in Key Largo, you can catch her there April 7 when she plays the Mendelssohn Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra. Tickets for the 8 p.m. ACO concert are $45. Call 772-287-7627 or visit www.lyrictheatre.com.
Delray String Quartet: The Delray comes to the end of its seventh season this weekend with two works from the core repertory: The Schumann Quartet No. 2 (in F, Op. 41, No. 2) and the Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 2 (in F, Op. 22). The quartet, with its new second violinist Tomas Cotik, has had an interesting season that began with a contemporary American work (the Quartet No. 4 of Kenneth Fuchs) and reached rarities in its last concert with the Sibelius Piano Quintet and the Quartet No. 2 of Randall Thompson (both well-played). Sunday afternoon’s concert is set for 4 p.m. at the Colony Hotel in Delray Beach (tickets: $35); the same program can be heard at 7:30 p.m. April 8 at All Saints Episcopal in Fort Lauderdale, 4 p.m. April 10 at St. David’s-in-the-Pines Episcopal in Wellington, and at 4 p.m. April 17 at St. Stephen’s Episcopal in Coconut Grove. Call 213-4138 or visit www.delraystringquartet.com for more information.
Maurice Durufle (1902-1986).Delray Beach Chorale: Eric Keiper’s community choir presents its spring concert this Saturday afternoon, with a performance of the Requiem of French composer Maurice Durufle leading a program that also includes the Dirait-t-on of the American choral specialist Morten Lauridsen. The choir is joined by the fine organist Matthew Steynor of Trinity Cathedral in Miami and an orchestra, and the audiences for this choir are always large and devoted. The concert is set for 3 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church in Delray Beach, just shy of the sand and the ocean. Tickets are $20. Call 800-984-7282 for more information.