Taking leave A daughter tells her mother about her impending suicide at the beginning of 'night Mother, and then quietly goes about preparing for it, as both delineate the loneliness and emotional claustrophobia that led to the decision. The New City Stage Company production of Marsha Norman's searing Pulitzer Prize-winning drama goes on at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Adrienne Theater, 2030 Sansom St., and continues with shows at 8 p.m. Monday, Thursday through Saturday, and 3 p.m. next Sunday. Tickets are $18 to $24. Call 215-563-7500.
The next big thing? Though in their native South Africa the Parlotones play 20,000-seat soccer stadiums, they are finishing up their first U.S. tour, where the venues have been more modest. But next time, who knows? You could be in the top row of the Linc recalling when you were just a few feet from the geisha-painted face of lead singer Kahn Morbee. The theatrical glam-rockers play at 8 p.m. at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. Tickets are $15. Call 215-222-1400.
Monday
Thug life Martin Scorsese detailed both gangster glamour and grime in his 1990 masterpiece Goodfellas, about the rise and fall of a small-time hood connected to the mob. Two scenes are unforgettable: The long tracking shot of the young wiseguy escorting his date to a front-row table via an underground passageway, and the long sequence in which the mobster, now dealing drugs and addled by his wares, is tormented by pursuers both real and imagined. The film screens at 7 p.m. at the Ambler Theater, 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler. Tickets are $9.75; $7.25 for seniors and students. Call 215-646-2550. The film also screens at the County Theater, 20 E. State St., Doylestown, at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Tickets are $9.50; $7 for seniors and students. Call 215-345-6789.
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