
Tonight (Thursday) ArtsEmerson presents the premiere of Robert Lepage’s reimagined version of his acclaimed show Needles and Opium, a cinematic exploration of art, love and addiction, at the Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre at 7 p.m. Tickets: $25, $39, $59 and $79; www.artsemerson.org.
On Friday, the Boston Ballet presents its annual performance of Rethink Ballet at the Strand Theatre at 7 p.m. Tickets: $5.00; www.bostonballet.org/strandtheatre. For more information call the Boston Ballet box office at 617.695.6955.
Jerry Seinfeld returns to his comedic roots with a standup performance at the Citi Performing Arts Center this Friday evening at 8 p.m. Tickets from $65; www.citicenter.org.
Urban Improv’s annual fundraiser Banned In Boston returns this Friday night to the House of Blues at 7:30 p.m. to raise funds for its youth theater programs. Banned In Boston features local celebrities, media personalities, politicians, and business, arts and community leaders performing musical satire and skits. Tickets: $150 and $250; www.urbanimprov.org.
From Comedy Central, CNN and Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show, comedian Ahmed Ahmed performs a late show at 11:59pm on Friday. Tickets: $25; www.laughboston.com.
On Saturday, World Music/CRASHarts presents Cassandra Wilson celebrating Billie Holiday’s 100th birthday with a special performance at the Berklee Performance Center at 8 p.m. Tickets: $30, $37, $42 and $48; www.berklee.edu/events.
Also on Saturday, the Montreal-based dance company RUBBERBANDance Group which fuses hip-hop, ballet and modern dance, perform their latest production Empirical Quotient at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets: $36 members; $40 nonmembers; www.icaboston.org.
This Sunday, The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery for African and African American Art in Harvard Square presents a conversation with critic and author Steve Nelson and independent artist Abigail DeVille at 2 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/cooper-gallery.