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The Tony-winning musical, at The Smith Center through Sunday, takes a genially jaunty approach to what might seem serious business: a serial killer’s upward climb through the branches of a venerable family tree.

Just because it looks easy doesn’t make it so. Consider the works of renowned abstract artist Kelly, who died at 92 late last December in his native New York state.

Erin Evans went to Iraq as a military police officer, and after years of playing her favorite music in the “sandbox,” she came home as “KJ Vegas Babe” at Ellis Island Casino. It was a journey, she said, that was simply meant to be.

Here are our picks for arts and culture events you need to check out in the coming week.

“Bad Jews” is the name of a play — and not everyone’s favorite title. But its story of family conflict resonates.