Your weekend plans: "MJ The Musical," Harlem Globetrotters and more
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This week, the Murat Theatre is providing a stage for a Tony Award-winning tribute to a Hoosier music icon.
Driving the news: "MJ The Musical" continues its run at Old National Centre following its Wednesday night opening.
- The show focuses on the making of Michael Jackson's 1992 Dangerous World Tour.
- It was created by Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage.
If you go: Performances start at 7pm Thursday and Friday; 2pm and 7:30pm Saturday; and 1pm and 6:30pm Sunday.
- Tickets start at $90.
More weekend picks:
🎤 Share your skills and bare your soul during a free poetry open mic night at Irving Theatre, 7pm Thursday.
🎵 Go on a musical journey when The Three Mexican Tenors perform at Hilbert Circle Theatre. 11am and 7:30pm Friday, and 7:30pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $15.
🏀 Start the long weekend with a boom as Noblesville's new G League squad hosts three games at The Arena at Innovation Mile.
- They play the Grand Rapids Gold at 7pm Thursday and the Delaware Blue Coast at 3pm Sunday and Monday.
- Tickets start at $17.
🎷 Hear local jazz star Rob Dixon pay tribute to John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" for the album's 61st anniversary at The Jazz Kitchen.
- Shows start at 7pm and 9:30pm on Friday and Saturday.
- Tickets start at $25.
🎶 Dance your angst away when The Emo Night Tour stops at The Vogue, 8pm Friday.
- Tickets start at $20.
🎓 Experience the future of cabaret during the Ball State University Senior Showcase at The Cabaret, 8pm Friday and Saturday.
- Tickets start at $30.
😂 Spend an evening with stand-up veteran Michael Colyar at Helium Comedy Club.
- 7pm and 9:15pm Friday; 6pm and 8:30pm Saturday; and 6pm Sunday.
- Tickets start at $32.
🌍 Commemorate a century of globetrotting when the Harlem Globetrotters' 100 Year Tour hits Gainbridge Fieldhouse, 2pm and 7pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $44.
🏒 Hit the ice to see the Indy Fuel take on the Kalamazoo Wings, 7pm Saturday.
- Tickets start at $34.
🐦 Grab your binoculars and get a birdwatching crash course during the free Beginning Bird Hike at Carmel's Cool Creek Park, 9am Sunday.