A CERTAIN AGE · Frye Art Museum Auditorium

A TOUCH OF THE POET · GreenStage

GIRL MEETS GIRL · Northwest Actors Studio

SAVAGE IN LIMBO · Theatre Babylon

ONE WEEK ONLY

2002 GUEST ARTIST SERIES · Velocity MainSpace

HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO · Paramount Theatre

LOST EDEN · Odd Duck Studio

THE BROWN DERBY SERIES: PRETTY IN PINK · Bald Faced Lie

PEGGY PIACENZA/VIA · On the Boards

CLOSING THIS WEEK

1,001 NIGHTS OF CRUISIN' · On the Boards

A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE · Thumpers

CODE · EXITheatre

DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE · Theater Schmeater

JITNEY · Seattle Repertory Theatre

MONEY & RUN, EPISODE 2 · Theater Schmeater

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW · ArtsWest

OPENING AND CURRENT RUNS

* 1,001 Nights of Cruising

Following the success of Why? Why? Why?, the ingenious playwright and shadow puppeteer Scot Augustson adapts three tales from 1,001 Arabian Nights with the help of an impossibly fine cast, including Kevin Kent, Heidi Schreck, Jonah Von Spreecken, and Susanna Burney. The troupe's combination of voice work, pantomime, and ribald silliness calls to mind a menage à trois between Orson Welles' Mercury Radio Theater, Monty Python, and the South Park movie. If you miss it you'll be sorry. (Runs with Stephen Hando's Cruising, reviewed this issue--twice!) On the Boards, 100 W Roy St, 217-9888. $12. Thurs-Sun at 7:30 pm. Through Feb 24.

A CERTAIN AGE

Something musical about women getting older. Umbrella Productions at the Frye Art Museum Auditorium, 704 Terry Ave, 722-2895. $15 (free parking). Wed-Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 2:30 pm. Through March 3.

A TOUCH OF THE POET

Yank snobs rub boozing Mick the wrong way. Trouble ensues. GreenStage at Sandpoint Magnuson Park, 7400 Sandpoint Way, bldg. 406, 748-1551. Donation suggested. Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through March 23.

ASHES TO ASHES

Politics, Harold Pinter-style: oblique and intimate. A Theater Under the Influence at the Union Garage, 1418 10th Ave, 720-1942. $12 (Thurs is pay-what-you-can). Thurs-Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 7 pm. Through March 10.

* THE BROWN DERBY SERIES: PRETTY IN PINK

See Stranger Suggests. A staged reading of Pretty in Pink. Bald Faced Lie at Re-Bar, 1114 Howell Ave, 323-0388. $8. Mon-Wed at 8 pm. This week only.

CODE

The experimental troupe that created Undo returns. EXITheatre at Sand Point Naval Base at Magnuson Park, bldg. 67, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, 851-6730. $10. Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through Feb 23.

* DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE

The torrid lives of French Impressionists. "[In the second act], the script exudes a relaxed playfulness and freedom, and the actors' performances expand and take flight." (Bret Fetzer) Theater Schmeater, 1500 Summit Ave, 325-6500. $15 Fri-Sat, $12 Thurs-Sun. Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through Feb 23.

GIRL MEETS GIRL

As the title suggests, lesbian romance. Northwest Actors Studio, 1100 E Pike St, 781-3988. $20 Fri-Sat, $15 Sun. Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 5 & 8 pm, Sun at 3 & 7 pm. Through March 17.

JITNEY

August Wilson continues exploring the 20th century with this tale of a father-and-son taxi service in the '70s. Seattle Repertory Theatre, Second Ave and Mercer, Seattle Center, 443-2222. $15-$44. Tues-Sun at 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun at 2 pm. Through Feb 23.

LOST EDEN

Solo show about the early days of Orson Welles. Straight Edge Theatrics at the Odd Duck Studio, 1214 10th Ave. $12 general, $10 student/senior. Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. This weekend only.

SAVAGE IN LIMBO

Bunch of thirtysomethings in a bar, moaning about life. By John Patrick Shanley. Theatre Babylon at the Union Garage, 1418 10th Ave, 720-1942. $12 (Thurs are pay-what-you-can). Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through March 16.

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

Shakespeare's tale of sexual domination, set in Venice Beach, CA. ArtsWest, 4711 California Ave SW, 938-0339. $12-$22. Wed-Thurs at 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat at 8 pm, some Sat-Sun matinees at 3 pm (call for details). Through Feb 23.

DANCE

* 2002 GUEST ARTIST SERIES

San Francisco choreographers Kathleen Hermesdorf and Albert Mathias, along with Mary Sheldon Scott/Jarrad Powell Performance and Karn Ensemble. Velocity MainSpace, 915 E Pine St, 2nd floor, 325-8773 ext. 2. $12 in advance, $14 at the door. Fri-Sat at 8 pm, this weekend only.

* PEGGY PIACENZA/VIA

Dressed in high-heeled tap shoes, striped socks, ruffled black underpants, and a fur-tipped dunce cap made from rolled-up newspaper, Peggy Piacenza seems to have erupted from some Dada burlesque: jarring, implacable, and completely compelling. Also on the lineup: The latest from Tonya Lockyer's troupe VIA. On the Boards, 100 W Roy St, 217-9888. $15 general, $10 students/seniors. Fri-Sun at 8 pm, this weekend only.

HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO

Noted Chicago dance troupe, in town for one night only. Paramount Theatre, Ninth & Pine, 292-2787. $21.50-$43.50. Sat at 8 pm, this weekend only.

FESTIVALS, CABARET, & COMEDY

A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE

Singer Jenny Johnson and pianist/singer Victor Janusz put on a show. Thumpers, 1500 E Madison, 328-3800. $10 cover. Dinner seating starts at 6 pm on Sun. Through Feb 23.

LATE NIGHT

* MONEY & RUN, EPISODE 2

See Stranger Suggests. Subtitled, Of Nuns & Ninjas. The "silver cast" tackles the second episode of Wayne Rawley's madcap TV-inflected series. Theater Schmeater, 1500 Summit Ave, 325-6500. $10. Thurs-Sat at 11 pm. Through Feb 23.