A tale of love and jealousy, obsession and seduction, “A Bigger Splash” takes its time to reach its destination, but that’s all right. There’s so much gorgeous scenery to take in, so many gorgeous people and clothes to see that there’s no reason to hurry. Even the island’s Carabinieri inspector (Corrado Guzzanti) stops an interrogation to admire one of Marianne’s accessories, a designer sack in the most supple of leathers. “What a beautiful bag,” he says to her.

Chicago: It’s the roaring ’20s, and everybody is talking machine embroidery design - ballet shoes monogram #02 about a string of femme fatales on trial for murder, including Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart, in Palo Alto Players’ production of this popular musical, Through Sept, 27, times vary, Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, $32-$46, paplayers.org, 650-329-0891, Fine Arts League of Cupertino: The group meets the second Monday of the month, 7-9 p.m., and welcomes visitors, Quinlan Community Center, 10185 N, Stelling Road, Cupertino, Visit falc.org or call Janki at 408-863-9991..

Rudyard Kipling’s cultural footprint is a whole lot bigger in Great Britain than on this side of the Atlantic, and Graham Lustig grew up well-ensconced in a realm shaped by the writer’s imagination. As a boy in London, the budding dancer often escaped the city’s fog and bustle going on camping trips with the Boy Scouts, an organization inspired partly by Kipling’s “Jungle Book” stories. “I was a cub in the Boy Scouts, and the leader of the pack is the Akela,” said Lustig, Oakland Ballet’s artistic director, referring to the “Jungle Book” wolf who helps oversee the feral boy Mowgli’s upbringing. “That mythology was part of my childhood. I knew the stories and the characters.”.

Yarn Creatures: 4-5 p.m, July 16, Using a cup and some yarn, a creature will be created for teens’ amusement by presenter Matthew, Book Bites: 4-5 p.m, July 9, Students in grades 6-12 can same a wide selection of books and record their machine embroidery design - ballet shoes monogram #02 impressions on the Book Bites Placemat, Refreshments follow, Register by July 1, Writer’s Hour: 4-5 p.m, July 23, Teens have the opportunity to share their writing with others, Create a Sand Art Board (Dogs and Cats): 1 p.m, July 30, Teens are invited to make their own dog or cat sand art board, Presented by Judith Matthews, Register by July 22..

TheatreWorks at Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. $19 per show, $49 for season-subscriber festival pass, $65 for festival pass. 650-463-1960 or www.theatreworks.org. Broadway By the Bay. “Dreamgirls.” Aug. 15-31. Music by Henry Krieger, book and lyrics by Tom Eyen. Directed by Angela Farr Schiller. Featuring Miranda Lawson as Effie, Janelle LaSalle as Deena, Majesty Scott as Lorell, Anthone Jackson as Curtis, Dedrick Weathersby as James “Thunder” Early and AeJay Mitchell as C.C. Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway St., Redwood City. $35-$55. 650-579-5565 or broadwaybythebay.org.