Best bets: Daredevil drama on motorcycles at the Allstate
Daredevil dramaMore than just Freestyle Motocross cycle stunts, "The Nuclear Cowboyz" arena spectacular boasts pyrotechnic effects, scantily clad dancers and a plot about the warring "Soldiers of Havoc" battling the "Metal Mulisha." Catch up on all the futuristic fighting this weekend at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont. $30-$85. (800) 745-3000 or allstatearena.com. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 18Funny, ha haComedian Jerry Seinfeld's name is attached to both the hit NBC sitcom "Seinfeld" and critically drubbed reality comedy series "The Marriage Ref." Show your love (or scorn) when Seinfeld performs stand-up comedy Friday night at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $47-$77. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com. 7 p.m. Friday, April 16Symphonic screenRelive the golden age of the silver screen when the Elgin Symphony Orchestra performs film music by composers like George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Max Steiner and more in the concert "ESO Goes to Hollywood" at the Prairie Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumburg Court, Schaumburg. $44-$54. Also at the Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. $25-$63. (847) 888-4000 or elginsymphony.org. 8 p.m. Friday, April 16, in Schaumburg; 6 p.m. Saturday, April 17, and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18, in ElginSly SebastianFormer Chicago-area comedian Sebastian Maniscalco ("The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show") returns home for a few gigs at Zanies, 1548 N. Wells St., Chicago, and Zanies, 230 Hawthorn Village Commons, Vernon Hills. $25 plus a two-item menu purchase. (312) 337-4027 or (847) 549-6030 or zanies.com. 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 16, in Chicago; 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17, in Vernon HillsRed Sea singingSee how the Red Sea parts onstage when Chicago Opera Theater performs the first Chicago performances of Rossini's "Moses in Egypt" ("Mos#232; in Egitto") since 1863 at Millennium Park's Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago. $30-$120. (312) 704-8414 or chicagooperatheater.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17; Wednesday, April 21; Friday, April 23; 3 p.m. Sunday, April 25Song and dance The African American Heritage Festival celebrates dance and music traditions with two performances this weekend. "Called 2 Dance" features the Christian dance organization The McIntyre Institute, while "Gospel Fest" features singer Darius Brooks with the Community Mass Choir. Both shows are at North Central College's Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. $20; $15 students/seniors. (630) 637-7469 or noctrl.edu. "Called 2 Dance" at 8 p.m. Friday, April 16; "Gospel Fest" at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 17Diva times fourLaugh along as the Four Bitchin' Babes sing and joke about women's lives Friday in the show "Hormonal Balance: A Musical Revue" at Wilson Hall's Ramsey Auditorium at Fermilab, at Pine Street at Kirk Road, Batavia. $28. $14 kids. (630) 840-2787 or fnal.gov/culture. 8 p.m. Saturday, April 17Meadow man"Saturday Night Live" and Second City alumnus Tim Meadows ("The Ladies Man," "Walk Hard") returns to town for four special performances this weekend at The Comedy Shrine, 22 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. $25 and two-drink minimum. (630) 355-2844 or comedyshrine.com. "Whose Line?" show at 8 and 10 p.m. Saturday, April 17; "Uncle's Brother" shows at 6 and 8 p.m. Sunday, April 18Instant funnyThe Windy City is famed for its improv comedy, which is why the Chicago Improv Festival is able to attract more than 70 acts and ensembles from 24 different cities and eight countries. Catch them all at various comedy locations through Chicago and in Schaumburg (Laugh Out Loud Theater in Woodfield Mall). Ticket prices vary, but range mostly between $10-$20. Visit chicagoimprovfestival.org for a full schedule. 8 p.m. Monday, April 19, through 8 p.m. Sunday, April 25False10001501Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg plays one of the "Metal Mulisha" in the futuristic Freestyle Motocross show "Nuclear Cowboyz" at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont. False