Stage

Fortune Feimster – Standup comic, writer and actress Fortune Feimster, who can be heard on the radio, small and big screens and in-person, brings her Hey Y'all tour to town. Saturday, 7 p.m., Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. $34.50-$59.50. (509) 624-1200.

“Blade Runner” – 7:10 p.m. Tuesday, Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator. 117 minutes. Rated R. For more information, visit garlandtheater.com or call (509) 327-1050.

There's no business like show business, especially when it's the family business. That's the Wayans brothers story. It would have been a very different tale for the comedic brood if Keenen Ivory Wayans followed the safe route 40 years ago and pursued a career in engineering.

Tracy Morgan is gushing. The veteran comic and actor sounds like the enthusiastic entertainer from the aughts who was one of the more animated subjects in the business. "I'm so excited because I'm getting the Icon Award by the Friars Club," Morgan said while calling from his Manhattan apartment. 

The Spokane Symphony will begin offering free “Out & About Concerts” this month. The new series of small ensemble concerts – held in a variety of locations around town including cafes, restaurants and community centers – will provide the public with opportunities to hear classical music in a casual environment.

After two years of postponements, “Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert” is bringing “the force” back to Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox. Resident conductor Morihiko Nakahara will lead the Spokane Symphony through John Williams’s iconic score as the film plays on screen above the orchestra.

How do you tell the truth? Are cold hard facts enough to get the whole story across? Spokane Civic Theatre’s production of “The Lifespan of a Fact,” a one-act play by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, opens in the Firth J. Chew Studio Theatre on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Jeremy Nunes – The comic's credits include "Dry Bar Comedy Special," "Neighborhood Sasq-Watch" and his Amazon Prime special "Who's With Me?!" He has appeared in "The Layover," "The Break-Up," "Last Comic Standing" and "Final Witness." May 13, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Salvation Army Kroc Center.

Comedian Dave Chappelle was tackled during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night. Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performance while the man was taken away in an ambulance.

As I headed into the First Interstate Center for the Arts on Wednesday to see the national tour of “Hamilton,” running through May 22, I had two questions in mind. First was how the show would hold up after repeated viewings. I’d seen it in Seattle in 2018 and watched the film version of the original Broadway production.

Fresh from a stunning engagement at Washington's Woolly Mammoth Theatre and featuring some design improvements that make it even more enjoyable, Michael R. Jackson's dazzlingly one-of-a-kind musical marked an official opening Tuesday night.

There are no exploding chandeliers in “Hamilton” and no boats or elaborate castles. There’s not even a set that changes from scene to scene. But that doesn’t mean there’s a lack of moving parts in the Tony Award-winning musical inspired by the life of Alexander Hamilton, the nation’s first treasury secretary.

"Hamilton," which runs Tuesday through May 22 at First Interstate Center for the Arts, is based on Ron Chernow's 2004 biography of the first U.S. treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton, the "ten dollar founding father" who was instrumental in creating the U.S. monetary system still in use today. 

With live theater shut down for 18 months and touring shows put on hold during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Spokane run of Lin-Manuel Miranda's inspired and inspiring retelling of the American founding story, "Hamilton," was pushed back a year.

Fake news is a phrase that is often bandied about, but how about fake journalist? Veteran comic Ben Palmer could add that position to his resume. "I call companies pretending to be a journalist," Palmer said. "I email CEOs and send them fake quotes. I tell them I'm working on a story. They expect a real article."

Phil Wang – A British Malaysian standup who is also a member of the sketch comedy group Daphne and co-creator of their BBC Radio 4 series "Daphne Sounds Expensive." He hosts the comedy podcast "Bud Pod" with fellow comic and Footlights alumnus Pierre Novellie. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Spokane Comedy Club.

The Spokane Riverkeepers have partnered with Northwest artist L.R. Montgomery in celebrating his latest exhibition, “The River As Muse.” The exhibition, a collection of oil landscape paintings, expresses Montgomery’s “lifetime of affection” for the river.

Vladimir Putin’s horrific assault on Ukraine has inflicted unpardonable losses on that country and, quite understandably, has inclined the rest of the world to turn away from all things Russian, including the precious musical heritage that has brightened and enriched so many lives.

Over the past few months, Spokane has lost two leaders in the flute-playing community: Gale Coffee, 83, and Bruce Bodden, 57. Bodden won the role of principal flute with the Spokane Symphony in 1990 and held the role until January, when symptoms related to his 2018 cancer diagnosis prompted him to step back.