Powerhouse chanteuse Storm Large has got a singing voice so huge and dexterous and lovable, she could be devoid of all other positive traits and still be a star. As it is, she’s also hilarious (see her eternal classic “[My Vagina Is] Eight Miles Wide),” a successful writer (her hit solo show Crazy Enough is now a memoir published by Simon & Schuster), and totally hot shit to look at. Tonight, Ms. Large storms the Neptune for a night of songs and words and real-time diva worship. (Neptune Theatre, 1303 NE 45th St, www.stgpresents.org, 8 pm, $20 adv/$22 DOS, all ages)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...