Hey, David Gaines! It’s not you, Baby. It’s me. Gaines is the gifted mime and movement artist who reduces Akira Kurosawa’s epic 1954 masterpiece The Seven Samurai to 45 minutes and a cast of one in 7 (x1) Samurai. He is by any standard an estimable man with a list of credits longer than Toshiro Mifune’s katana. He evokes distinct characters using only his body and his voice (though he utters but a single English…

Meat and Potato, the low-fi theatre company devoted to reviving disused devices such as puppetry and masks, has taken on Rashomon as their latest experiment. Is this a good idea? No, it’s a great idea, which makes it all the more disappointing that the show, despite the obvious care and labor that has gone into it, arrives half-formed. The story, of course, is so iconic that its title has become shorthand for any situation wherein…

>> We’re probably never gonna get a full-blown Fugazi reunion at Fort Reno, but tonight is the closest you could ask for. Tonight’s show includes Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina’s band The Evens along with Joe Lally. 7:15 p.m., always free. >> Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions opens their second summer season with a benefit production of Titus, the musical, a punk rock musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s play with a similar name, at the Black…

FRIDAY >> Proving once again that country legends, unlike most rock stars, actually can age well, Wanda Jackson (pictured right) makes an appearance on the Black Cat mainstage tonight, where she will no doubt trot out classic hits like “Big Iron Skillet” and “Let’s Have A Party.” But with over 50 albums worth of songs to choose from, including some backed up by the Oak Ridge Boys, let’s hope she performs a few obscure numbers…