Your guide to Saturday’s entertainment in Charlotte
Theater
‘The Sound of Music’
2 and 8 p.m. (Also 8 p.m. Friday and 1:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday.) Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon St. $29.50-$119.50. www.blumenthalarts.org.
The national tour of “The Sound of Music” comes through Charlotte, in a new version rethought by director Jack O’Brien.
Family
UniverSoul Circus
Noon, 4 and 7 p.m. (also 7 p.m. Friday and 1, 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday). Metrolina Expo Fairgrounds, 7100 Statesville Road. $16-$29. www.universoulcircus.com.
UniverSoul’s “A Big Top Christmas” features limbo dancers from Trinidad and Tobago, trapeze artists from China, contortionists from Ethiopia, motorcycle daredevils from Colombia, and a ringmaster from South Africa.
Holiday
WBT Holiday on Ice
10 a.m.-10 p.m. (also 5-10 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday). NASCAR Hall of Fame Plaza, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Brevard Street. $13 ($10 if you have your own skates). www.wbt.com/shows/holiday-on-ice.
Grab skates from our Skate House, lace up, and hit the ice while listening to your favorite holiday and popular music at the city’s only outdoor skating rink.
Comedy
The Chuckleheads
6 and 8 p.m. Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216-A Westmoreland Road, Cornelius. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. www.planetimprov.com.
The improvisational theater group presents its “Thanks Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza.” The 6 p.m. show is for all ages; the later show could contain adult language and situations.
This story was originally published November 25, 2015 at 3:27 PM with the headline "Your guide to Saturday’s entertainment in Charlotte."