GALA, through June 26, Highwire Gallery, 139 N. Second St., second floor, 215-829-1255. The 15th annual show of GALA, the art organization of Philadelphia's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, is at Highwire. The 18 participants include Dot French, (small political works), Bob Briggs (an eight-panel painting), Joel Kaylor (clay sculpture of folded shirts), Colleen Ott (photographs) and Demetrius Wyatt (fashion-inspired fantasy paintings).

"77th Annual International Competition: Printmaking," through July 12, The Print Center, 1614 Latimer St., 215-735-6090. Juror Mark Pascale of the Chicago art institute winnowed down 1,300 slides to 52 prints for this prestigious annual event at The Print Center. Prize winners include Young-Sook Jang, Debra Werblud and Beauvais Lyons.

Deirdre Murphy, through July 26, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, 709 Walnut St., 215-413-8893. Enjoy "The Bliss of Growth" in Murphy's pattern-based paintings.

"Masters of the American Craft and Studio Furniture Movement: 1922-1988," through Aug. 9, Moderne Gallery, 111 N. Third St., 215-923-8536. This retrospective includes work by Wendell Castle, Wharton Esherick, Sam Maloof and George Nakashima.

Philadelphia International Airport exhibitions, through August (and beyond). Travel advisory for ticketed passengers only: Numerous exhibitions at the airport are your reward for early check-ins. Highlights of the fifth anniversary of this nationally recognized program directed by Leah Douglas: Beth Lipman's blown-glass reproductions of 17th-century still-life paintings; Jimmy Clark's hand-built vessels embedded with shards of historic china; and Robert Dodge's display of 500 tiny sculptural chairs.

"On the Wall: Wallpaper and Tableau," through Sept. 13, Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1315 Cherry St., fifth floor, 215-568-1111. Includes designs made at the FWM and other work by artists including Andy Warhol, Jenny Holzer, Carrie Mae Weems and Glenn Ligon.

Jack Larimore, June 13-July 26, Schmidt Dean Gallery, 1710 Sansom St., 215-569-9433. Larimore shows his sometimes functional, always elegant and provocative furniture.

"Warren Rohrer: Paintings 1972-1993," June 22-Aug. 17, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St. and the Parkway, 215-763-8100. The PMA’s leading summer offering demonstrates that this widely admired abstractionist and colorist never discarded the rural landscape grid.

Theater

Mamma Mia, through July 19, Forrest Theatre, 1114 Walnut St., 800-447-7400. Philly Dancing Queens have six more weeks to catch the juggernaut hit, currently installed at the Forrest Theatre. It's cheaper than a real trip to the Aegean, and you get comely Dee Hoty, too!

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, through Aug. 2, DeSales University, 2755 Station Ave., Center Valley, 610-282-3192. This year, the annual favorite features a comedy of manners (The Importance of Being Earnest), a chilling tale of domestic mayhem (Gaslight) and, of course, a healthy dose of the Bard (Comedy of Errors, Love's Labour's Lost), all in a lovely theater in the bucolic Pennsylvania countryside.

Grease, June 17-22, Academy of Music, Broad and Locust sts., 215-893-1999. OK, so maybe he's not quite a Teen Angel anymore, but Frankie Avalon is back for some Summer Lovin' in this almost-classic musical tale of the fab '50s.

Hands Across Veronica, June 25-July 20, Eternal Spiral Project at 2nd Stage at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St., 215-563-4330. In this world-premiere comedy by local lesbian playwright Gin Hobbs, one woman's quest for weight loss and better self-image leads to a complicated romantic triangle. (Doesn't it for all of us?)

Puppetry of the Penis, opens July 1 for a limited engagement, The Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St., 215-546-7824. Two guys, two dicks and more fun than a barrel of monkeys. How different American drama might have been had Eugene O'Neill or Tennessee Williams thought of this first! (It's safe to assume that the Zizkas would like to add that this is being done at -- rather than by -- The Wilma Theater.)

Looking Over the President’s Shoulder, July 9-Aug. 3, People’s Light & Theatre Co., 39 Conestoga Rd., Malvern, 610-644-3500. Playwright John Henry Redwood on a different side of the footlights: Here he plays Alonzo Fields, who for 25 years was chief butler at the White House. Looking over Redwood’s shoulder will be writer/director James Still.

Beauty and the Beast, July 23-Aug. 3, Academy of Music. As I always say, you just can’t “Be Our Guest” too many times. Anyway, surely some local young ’uns would love a summer outing to the beloved Disney franchise?

Boston Marriage, July 30-Aug.17, Eureka Theatre Co. at 2nd Stage at the Adrienne. David Mamet applies his testosterone-heavy one-upsmanship to a pair of Victorian ladies. The result is this clever two-hander that was a hit in London and New York.

Dance

Firebird, Pennsylvania Ballet, through June 14, Academy of Music. There are just two days left to see James Kudelka's acclaimed interpretation of this enchanted fairy tale featuring a gallant prince, a dastardly sorcerer and a magical firebird. PAB pulls out the stops -- can you say "spectacle"? -- with lush sets, exotic costumes and, of course, that dynamite Stravinsky score. The inclusion of Lila York's Concerto 488, set to a Mozart piano concerto, is an added bonus.

Dance Shorts and Live Performance, June 14, Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700. In what's sure to be a visual delight, film and video rolls while dancers do their thing in synch to the fleeting images. Full of post-modern, 30-something angst, hip-hop and more, the program includes Philly faves like Megan Bridge, Group Motion and Ron Wood.

North Wind, Malke Rosenfeld, June 25, Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Museum's popular Wednesday Nights series is enlivened by Rosenfeld's percussive footwork, which combines assorted styles from clogging and Cape Breton step dance to the dancer's self-honed mode of "drumming" with her feet. This gal brings on da noise, Celtic-style.

Taylor 2, June 28, Longwood Gardens, Route 1, Kennett Square, 610-388-1000. Proving good things do indeed come in small packages, this six-person outfit performs select pieces from master choreographer Paul Taylor's repertoire. The ensemble may be compact but its talent is broad, abundant with PT's trademark emotive movement. Seeing T2 in an outdoor garden setting should be positively effervescent.

Illadelph Legends, July 31-Aug. 9, Temple University, Broad and Montgomery sts., 215-382-8191. Rennie Harris gives props to the masters of hip-hop in this 10-day fete featuring lectures, demonstrations, master classes and open jam sessions. Posers need not apply, but all serious hip-hop heads are welcome to join in this event that brings in a host of innovators of the genre, including Don Campbell, Crazy Legs, Pop Master Fabel and Buddha Stretch.

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Aug. 30, Longwood Gardens. Classical ballet and traditional dance from the Ukraine converge in a high-energy performance that's sure to offer acrobatic tricks heavy on the "wow" factor. Voloshky's 40-person ensemble is out to entertain, and it succeeds.