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TheatreWorks. “2 Pianos, 4 Hands.” Through Feb. 15. “A comic coming-of-age journey featuring music from Bach and Beethoven to Joplin and Jerry Lee Lewis, two endearing piano students reach the edge of genius only to fall an octave short of stardom.” Directed by Tom Frey. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. $19-$74 (subject to change; discounts available). theatreworks.org or 650-463-1960. Lamplighters Music Theatre. “Candide.” 8 p.m. Feb. 21; 2 p.m. Feb. 22. The Royal National Theatre Version. Music by Leonard Bernstein; book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler in a new version by John Caird; lyrics by Richard Wilbur; additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim,John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Bernstein. Stage director Phil Lowery, music director Baker Peeples. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. $25-$53. 650-903-6000 or mvcpa.com.

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Tempest with Ol’ Cheeky Bastards. 8 p.m. Feb. 11. Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City. $16. 650-369-7770 or tickets.foxrwc.com. Kronos Quartet with Alim Qasimov Ensemble. 7 p.m. Feb. 12. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, Stanford University. $10 (Stanford student)-$50. 650-725-2787 or livelyarts.stanford.edu. Fortnightly Music. 7 p.m. Feb. 12. Soprano vocal works by Puccini, Strauss, and Mozart; piano preludes by Debussy; and Violin Sonata by Brahms. Lucie Stern Community Center Ballroom, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Free. www.fortnightlymusicclub.org.

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