Party favors Dance Collective's 30th, H&H's Vespro BY MARCIA B. SIEGEL

Redesigning the ’60s Twyla Tharp's The One Hundreds in Lower Manhattan BY MARCIA B. SIEGEL

Puppy love Ginkas moves in on Chekhov's Lady BY CAROLYN CLAY

Fats entertainment Ain't Misbehavin' behaves just fine BY TED DROZDOWSKI

Mourning after Nora hums McPherson's Dublin Carol BY CAROLYN CLAY

Hate crimes A Girl's War is well fought BY ELLEN PFEIFER

Flight of fancy Airborne Pigs at the Lyric BY CAROLYN CLAY

Still tall Tommy Tune lights up Waltham BY IRIS FANGER

Mixed bag Martin Scorsese's PBS series 'The Blues' BY TED DROZDOWSKI

THURSDAY 25: 10:00 (7) E.R. The season opener. Carter returns from Africa with 1) a deadly virus; 2) a new girlfriend; 3) a renewed appreciation for the plight of the downtrodden; 4) any two out of those three.