Can't Miss This!

Finally! The Day of Days, only hours away from the Hour of Hours, when the bright and beautiful dawn of the Weekend shall arise above our spellbound eyes, pushing the darkness and decrepitude of the week deep into the recesses of distant memory! Huzzah! Huzzah!

BLUE MAN GROUP HOW TO BE A MEGASTAR 2.1 TOUR
If you thought that intro up there would be a hard act to follow, well, we'll put our humility aside for once and say that you're right. But if anyone can do it, it's the painted phenomenon that is the Blue Man Group. We're not sure what exactly this colorful cast of characters is about, but we were kind of hoping that you would check it out and get back to us. The current theory here at Phillyist is that they abduct the audience in their space ship and implant memories of a really incredible avant-garde stage performance deep inside their cerebellums. Ticket prices are steep, but how else will they pay for a new warp core when they've run this one into the ground coming all this way and wowing your eyeballs out of your head?
WHO: Anyone!
WHERE: Wachovia Complex, 3601 South Broad Street (map)
WHEN: 7pm
HOW MUCH: $49.50, End Stage or $85, Center Stage. Get 'em here.

IMPROV COMEDY: THE N CROWD
We love them, and you should too. Why? Well, because they're funnier than you. That's right. The N Crowd rocks their interactive brand of improvisational comedy on a weekly basis, which means that, eventually, you'll run out of excuses not to pay the uber-reasonable 10 bones it takes to get in the door. Irreverent, modern, and remarkably nuanced for an improv troupe, they base each show on audience suggestions, which means that someone might be able to turn that "bit" you've been "working on" for "just a year" into something that makes people, oh, we don't know, laugh?
WHO: Anyone!
WHERE: The Actors' Center, 257 N. 3rd Street (map)
WHEN: 8pm
HOW MUCH: $10. Get 'em here. Note: If you buy them online, RSVP-style, they will only be held until 7:50pm, then they're fair game for buy-em-at-the-door types.

SICK OF IT ALL / MADBALL / DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR / WISDOM IN CHAINS
Sick of It All have been spewing hardcore since some of you were still spewing chunks on your mom's blouse. The NYC natives descend on Philly tonight to rain their brutal music and insightful lyrics down upon a sweaty, thrashing, all-ages crowd at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. Well, in the basement thereof. Thanks to R5 Productions, the kids just might be all right, after all.
WHO: Anyone!
WHERE: The basement of the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 22nd and Chestnut Streets (map)
WHEN: 8pm
HOW MUCH: $15. Get 'em at Relapse Records, 608 South 4th Street (map).

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