Walk and dance Rockport is the perfect venue for “Widow’s Walk,’’ one of several pieces at the Windhover Dance Concert with Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre of NYC and Forty Steps Dance of Nahant. This piece performed by the New York troupe was inspired by the architectural feature on 19th-century houses where mariners’ wives are believed to have watched for ships and waited for loved ones to return. 8 p.m. through July 31 (limited indoor seating if raining). $20, $16 students and seniors. Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, 257 Granite St., Rockport. 978-546-3611. www.windhover.org
TOMORROW You ain’t nothin’ but a hound … Three actors, 16 characters, silly wigs, fake beards, and a zany adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic. Shakespeare & Company’s “Hound of the Baskervilles’’ puts the Sherlock Holmes tale on its tail and spins it around. July 30 at 7:30 p.m. (through Sept. 4). $15-$65, $85 premium seating (includes early seating in A section, dessert, and wine). Shakespeare & Company, 70 Kemble St., Lenox. 413-637-3353. www.shakespeare.org
Plot among plots Gloucester Stage artistic director Eric C. Engel is at the helm of “Last Day’’ by Richard Vetere. This mysterious love story is set in a Long Island cemetery. July 30 at 3 and 8 p.m. (through Aug. 7). $37, $32 seniors. Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main St., Gloucester. 978-281-4433. www.gloucesterstage.org
SUNDAYFunny funny guy You’ll probably get some topical talk, lots of silliness, self-deprecating humor, and more from Craig Ferguson, who started as a drummer for UK punk bands, bartended in a Glasgow pub, acted, and now hosts “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.’’ July 31 at 6 p.m. $69. The Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St., Boston. 800-745-3000. www.thewilbur.com
EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story included information about a performance by pianist Leon Fleisher at Tanglewood. Due to illness, Fleisher will not perform.
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