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Must See
Shen Yun at McCaw Hall
(4/8 to 4/10, times vary) Performing arts company Shen Yun returns to Seattle to tell the tale of heroes, dragons and emperors through dance and acrobatics in a stunning visual and musical production at McCaw Hall. The show, “Lost Paradise,” revives and celebrates 5,000 years of culture that is banned in today’s communist China.

Must Watch
Jane Comfort & Company at Meany Hall
(4/7 to 4/9, 8 p.m.) Declared “a postmodernist pioneer in the use of verbal material in dance” by The New York Times, Jane Comfort confronts contemporary social and cultural issues with compassion and wit. The company includes dancers, actors and singers whose multiple talents allow Comfort to create layered works using a wide range of theatrical elements.

Must Cheer
Opening Day for the Seattle Mariners
Friday (4/8, 7:10 p.m.) Baseball season is back, baby! Will it be a winning season? Find out while you load up on peanuts and Cracker Jack—or some of the latest locally inspired eats to hit the stadium—and root for the home team when the Mariners return to Safeco Field to take on the Oakland Athletics.

Must Marvel
Last Weekend for the Moisture Festival
(Through 4/13, times vary) Prepare for a wild and crazy time as Hale’s Palladium in Fremont is overrun with contortionists, comedians and a variety of clowns. It’s the 13th year of the Moisture Festival, which showcases a veritable circus of gravity-defying and sometimes risque vaudeville acts.

Must Voyage
Live Orchestra Production of “Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage”
Friday (4/8, 8 p.m.) Save the stardate for this live symphony orchestra production of “Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage” on the final frontier, ahem, the Paramount Theatre. A collection of the most iconic footage from Star Trek films and TV series will be featured on a 40-foot, high-definition screen and synchronized with a live symphony orchestra in this never-before-seen-in-Seattle concert event.