Do This!
Friday Dance band The hip-hop/pop duo Karmin (singer Amy Heidemann and multi-instrumentalist Nick Noonan) bring their high-energy live show to the Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $20. Information: 215-922-1011 or www.tlaphilly.com.
Friday
Dance band
The hip-hop/pop duo Karmin (singer Amy Heidemann and multi-instrumentalist Nick Noonan) bring their high-energy live show to the Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $20. Information: 215-922-1011 or www.tlaphilly.com.
Friday-Saturday
Lotta laughs
Act II Playhouse presents its latest Standup Comedy Weekend, with Joey Callahan and Chip Chantry (Friday) and Corey Alexander and Billy Chiang (Saturday) at the theater, 56 E. Butler Ave., Ambler. Times: 8 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday. Tickets: $20; $17 seniors; $10 students. Information: 215-654-0200 or http://www.act2.org.
Friday-Sunday
Race matters
In Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Driving Miss Daisy, a friendship grows between an elderly woman and her chauffeur in civil rights-era Georgia. The latest national tour of the 1987 classic, starring Wendy Scharfman and Johnnie Hobbs Jr., goes on at the Walnut Street Theatre's Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St. Times: 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 7:30 Saturday and Sunday. Tickets: $30 to $40. Information: 215-574-3550 or www.WalnutStreetTheatre.org.
Saturday
Banjo wizard
Bela Fleck, who has been influenced as much by Chick Corea as Earl Scruggs, explores a new direction, joining with string quartet Brooklyn Rider at the Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St. Time: 8 p.m. Tickets: $30 to $60. Information: 215-893-1999 or kimmelcenter.org.
Sunday
Sound and motion
Cellist Gabriel Cabezas and ballet dancer Chloe Felesina team up to interpret Bach, Britten, Osvaldo Golijov, and Kaija Saariaho at the World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. Time: Noon. Tickets: $16. Information: 215-222-1400 or worldcafelive.com.