Aug 2-10: Peninsula Youth Theatre presents All Shook Up, a musical combining Elvis Presley’s greatest hits and plot twists of Shakespearean proportions. When a roustabout shakes up a sleepy red-state town with his gyrating hips and rock music, life is never the same. Wed-Fri, 7:30pm; Sat, 2 & 7:30pm; Sun, 1pm. (Mountain View: Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St.; 650/903-6000; www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/mvcpa)
Thru Aug 3: Children’s Musical Theater San Jose presents West Side Story. This urban take on Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two young lovers caught between rival street gangs in New York City, and their struggle to keep their love alive in spite of hate, prejudice and violence. Fri, 7pm; Sat, 2 & 7pm; Sun, 1 & 6 pm. (San Jose: Montgomery Theater, 291 S. Market St.; 408/453-1570; www.beta.cmtsj.org)
Thru Aug 15: Children’s Theater in the Park. Bring the kids to see free productions of fairy tales and other stories by the Peninsula Youth Theater. On tap: Pocahontas (Aug 1); Pied Piper of Hamelin (Aug 8); and Fabulous Fable Factory (Aug 15). 6:30pm. (Mountain View: Center for the Performing Arts, Park Stage, 500 Castro St.; 650-903-6000; www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/mvcpa)
Aug 20-24: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Lions and tigers and elephants, oh my! See these gorgeous animals perform along with acrobats, trapeze artists and clowns in the new circus spectacular, Over the Top. Wed-Fri, 7:30pm; Sat, 11:30am, 3:30pm & 7:30pm; Sun, 1:30pm & 5:30pm. (San Jose: HP Pavilion, 525 W Santa Clara St.; 408/287-7070; www.hppsj.com)
