See a performance of “Forbidden Broadway” at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, checkout the photography exhibit “Fierce: Pittsburgh” or see a new exhibit at the Mattress Factory — here’s what to do this weekend.

Theater

The original version of the spoof “Forbidden Broadway” debuted off-Broadway in 1982 and, with frequent updates, it’s scarcely left stages since. Gerard Allesandrini’s musical comedy, replete with song parodies and celebrity impressions drawn from Broadway faves, comes to the Pittsburgh Playhouse this week in the form of the revue “Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits.” There are six performances Wed. March 4, through Sun., March 8.

Visual Art
Acclaimed British fine-art photographer Ajamu X gets his first U.S. solo exhibition. “Fierce: Pittsburgh” consists of 13 recent photographic portraits, in austere black-and-white, of “individuals shaping the city’s Black queer culture today.” Subjects include artists Bekezela Mguni, Mikael Owunna and Devan Shimoyama. The exhibit, a collaboration with local nonprofit Rainbow Serpent, opens at Silver Eye Center with a reception Thu., March 5, and runs through May 2. Ajamu X gives an artist talk on Sat., March 7.

Theater
The newest stage work from acclaimed playwright Annie Baker (“Circle Mirror Transformation,” “The Flick”) gets its Pittsburgh premiere this week at barebones productions. “Infinite Life” depicts five women struggling to confront their lives — and their pain — at a health retreat in Northern California. The cast, featuring longtime Pittsburgh favorites Tami Dixon, Sheila McKenna and Helena Ruoti, is directed by barebones’ Patrick Jordan. The show opens Fri., March 6, and runs through March 22 at the intimate Barebones Black Box, in Braddock.

Music
A Pittsburgh premiere highlights Resonance Works’ latest program. Reena Esmail’s “Malhaar: A Requiem for Water” (2023) blends Hindustani and Western classical music and texts including the Latin requiem mass. The work for chamber orchestra and chorus, with guests including vocalist Vidita Kanniks, elegizes a world of worsening drought. Other works include composer Nancy Galbraith’s Resonance-commissioned Concerto for Flute (2019) and pieces by Bach and Aaron Copland. There are two performances: Fri., March 6, at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie, in Carnegie, and Sun., March 8, at Shadyside’s First Unitarian Church.

Visual Art
Lolo y Lauti are a team of internationally exhibited Argentine artists who employ video, sculpture and more to create performances and other experiences. For their first exhibition in Pittsburgh they’re offering “Triple Threat,” an installation at Mattress Factory that uses video of three dancers summoning the choreography of classic stage and screen musicals to explore queer identity and cultural legacy. The show opens Sat., March 7.

Theater
Believe it or not, “Eureka Day,” playwright Jonathan Spector’s Tony-winning dark comedy about vaccination, actually predates the pandemic. The 2018 play depicts a group of affluent parents and school board members during a mumps outbreak at a progressive California school. For City Theatre’s Pittsburgh premiere, Adil Mansoor directs a cast including Daina Griffith, Jaila McClarin and John Shepard. Performances run Sat., March 7, through March 29.