Even with the success of acts like Lonely Island and Flight of the Conchords, people still tend to view musical comedy with some suspicion, and not without reason. Those high-profile success stories aside, at the club level, musical comedy is too often the province of people who aren’t quite good enough to make it as musicians, but not quite funny enough to make it as comedians.

Two local comics, Robert Keller and Rush Zilla, are out to change that perception with their show, Off Key Comedy, which features a wide variety of acts whose only commonality is that they combine music and comedy in one form or another. The third edition of the monthly show will take place on May 23, at Comedy Bar.

Despite the fact that the last show in Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s 2012/2013 season is titled Of a Monstrous Child: A Gaga Musical, Lady Gaga herself takes a secondary role. There are no homages to raw-meat dresses and gold-plated wheelchairs here. Instead, writer and director Alistair Newton uses the House of Gaga as a pathway into the history of the notable performance-art stars that came before her in the pantheon of queer iconography, and how she is and isn’t a construct of all of them put together.

It’s entirely possible that an early work by the next Atom Egoyan or David Cronenberg will screen on Wednesday night at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. With the 2013 Student Film Showcase featuring the best from post-secondary schools around the country and the Next Wave Presents: Jump Cuts Young Filmmakers Showcase kicking off the evening with Toronto-area high-school students’ films, the night will be a coming-out party for a new crop of talent. Judging by the polished creativity of some of the entries, it’s safe to say that young people are more prepared than ever to start telling stories on film from an early age.

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? starts tonight at the Tarragon Theatre. Photo by Melissa Clarke.

THEATRE: The Tony Award–winning play The Goat, or Who is Sylvia celebrates its 10th anniversary tonight with ATIC Productions’ inaugural Toronto show. Examining a range of taboos, The Goat tells the story of a family in crisis and an unconventional love affair. Starring Tim Walker, Rosemary Doyle, Benjamin Blais, and Ben Hayward. Tarragon Theatre Extra Space (30 Bridgman Avenue), 8 p.m., $25.

MUSIC: Last week, NXNE celebrated up-and-coming bands; tonight, Patricia Hammond pays tribute to music of years past. A classically trained mezzo soprano, Hammond’s got an affinity for the nostalgic that has her performing everything from Victorian and Edwardian “parlour” songs to early jazz. Her appropriately named show, From Titanic to the Speakeasy, runs for one night only. Hugh’s Room (2261 Dundas Street West), 8:30 p.m., $12 in advance or $14 at the door.

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