8/13/15: Today’s Top Tips: Thursday

MUSIC: Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto & Friends @ the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. They have helped to create the history of modern rock music, having played with John Lennon, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Mr Mister, XTC, Talking Heads, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, NIN, David Sylvian, Laurie Anderson and, of course, King Crimson. 8pm. $30.

MUSIC: The Philadelphia Orchestra @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs. Featuring special guest vocalist Megan Hilty in a program of Broadway hits. With Steven Reineke conducting. 8pm.

MUSIC: Get Up Jack @ Guilderland Performing Arts Center at Tawasentha Park, Guilderland. 7:30pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert schedule…

strong>MUSIC: The Penny Knight Band @ the Smithy, Cooperstown. Reunion fever strikes again. 7:30pm.

MUSIC: The Teri Roiger Trio @ Jay Street, Schenectady. The Jazz on Jay concert series continues. 12noon. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete Jazz On Jay concert schedule…

MUSIC: Dennis D’Asaro’s Shakespeare in the Alley @ Coeyman’s Landing Park, Coeymans. 6pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert schedule…

MUSIC: Evan Cory Levine @ the Spotty Dog, Hudson. Entertainer-producer-electronics whiz from Philadelphia. 8pm.

MUSIC: Sensemaya @ Barker Park, Troy. Fusing Latin dance rhythms with the cool sophistication of jazz improvisation, keyboardist David Gleason & Co. get the whole audience – from kids to parents – out of their seats and dancing. 11am. FREE. GO HERE for more info and a complete concert schedule…

MUSIC: Laney Jones & the Spirits @ Club Helsinki, Hudson. The progressive bluegrass outfit brings their modern take on string-band music. With New York City-based folk-rock singer-songwriter Milton opening the show. 8pm.

THEATER: “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune” @ the Fitzpatrick Main Stage, Stockbridge. The bewildering journey of finding love in the modern world sets the premise for Terrence McNally’s bittersweet comedy. Directed by Karen Allen. 7pm. $62. Through Saturday, August 22.

MUSIC: Skeeter Creek @ the Schaghticoke Town Hall Lawn, Melrose. 6:30pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert schedule…

THEATER: “Mary Poppins” @ the Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield. The community theater production is simply supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. 7pm. $25 & $30; $15 & $20 children. Through August 23.

MUSIC: Studio Two @ Wiswall Park, Ballston Spa. Beatles tribute band. 6pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert schedule…

THEATER: “I Saw My Neighbor On the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile” @ the Unicorn Theatre, Stockbridge. It’s the world premiere of Suzanne Heathcote’s play, starring Keira Naughton as a hum-drum bookkeeper whose life is is forever altered by the arrival of her troubled niece. 7pm. $50. Through Saturday, August 15.

MUSIC: Bender @ Dutchman’s Landing, Catskill. 7pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert schedule…

MUSIC: Kevin Greenspon @ the Upstate Artists Guild, Albany. With WideSky (the duo of Nathan McLaughlin and Seth Chrisman). 8pm.

THEATER: “The Tempest” @ Valatie Community Theatre, Valatie. Sebastian Harsen directs the youth theater production. 7:30pm. $10; $8 seniors; $5 students. Through Sunday.

MUSIC: Diane Geddes’ 2 Broads With Alotta Sound @ the Crossings of Colonie, Loudonville. 6:30pm. FREE. GO HERE for more info and the complete concert schedule…