Do This!

What Bowie hath wrought

Former My Chemical Romance frontman (and part-time comic-book writer) Gerard Way tapped into his inner Ziggy Stardust for his trippy solo debut, the fine Hesitant Alien. He plays at the Trocadero Theatre, 10th and Arch Streets. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $35. Information: 215-922-5483 or www.thetroc.com.

Season opener

The estimable Concert Operetta Theater opens its season with a zarzuela - the Spanish version of European operetta. Luisa Fernanda, a 1932 work by Federico Moreno Torroba, is a love story set against 19th-century battles between royalists and revolutionaries. The show goes on at the Academy of Vocal Arts' Warden Theater, 1920 Spruce St. Times: 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets: $30; $20 seniors; $10 students. Information: 215-389-0648 or www.concertoperetta.com.

With strings

The London-based Belcea Quartet plays works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert at the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater, Broad and Spruce Streets. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $24. Information: 215-569-8080 or www.pcmsconcerts.org.

Working life

Based on the 1980 film comedy she starred in, Dolly Parton's new musical 9 to 5 tells the story of three secretaries planning to get even with their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical boss by taking over the company. The show ends its run this weekend at Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St. Times: 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $20 to $95. Information: 215-574-3550 or walnutstreettheatre.org.

Jazz time

At Settlement Music School it's not just Bach and Brahms - they do Beatles and Brubeck, too. In the annual concert in memory of harpist Karin Fuller Capanna, an all-star lineup of the school's jazz faculty - vibraphonist Tony Miceli, drummer Bill Marconi, pianist Scott Coulter, guitarist RJ Johnson, double bassist Justin Sekelewski, and saxophonist Nasir Dickerson - play a recital at the Curtis Branch's Presser Hall, 416 Queen St. Time: 3 p.m. Admission is free. Information: 215-320-2684 or www.smsmusic.org.