The setup of this historically accurate play has great potential for a discussion of what it means to be a woman in (what is largely perceived as) a man’s field and what it means for a woman to step into any number of possible roles in her life. But it doesn’t allow for much of anything approaching subtlety.

In his directorial debut, ”Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda adapts a musical written by “Rent” scribe Jonathan Larson, “tick, tick … Boom!,” chronicling Larson’s own life on the cusp of his 30th birthday. The film is clearly in awe of Larson, not always to its benefit.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a swing dance Savoy Night at the Somerville Theatre’s new Crystal Ballroom, songs from Jade Sylvan’s “Beloved King: A Queer Bible Musical,” an MIT water summit, holiday market and plenty of music.

The Oberon theater space in Harvard Square hit the market Thursday, with the Graffito SP firm saying it is “seeking a one-of-a-kind arts and cultural use to take over this iconic space, and to continue the successful legacy of the performing arts in Harvard Square.”

“Rocky Horror” combines 1950s science fiction, pre-slasher “B” horror movies and a tale of sexual awakenings set to a rock ’n’ roll score, delivering musical theater lovers their first full-scale musical in Greater Boston since the pandemic began. It’s a much-needed blast of full-throttle exuberance.

The production of “The Rocky Horror Show” that came to Harvard Square in 2019 is back beginning Oct. 16 and naturally ending with a show Oct. 31, the night of Halloween.

It will feel almost pre-pandemic Saturday as Harvard Square’s Club Passim holds its campfire. music festival and Vermont’s Bread & Puppet Theater makes its annual pilgrimage for a Cambridge performance – though that can make it feel so pre-pandemic that it may seem like the early 1970s again.

The American Repertory Theater and Central Square Theater have joined a dozen other stages in Greater Boston to announce requirements for their indoor performances: masks and proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test.

Before there was “Hamilton,” the hottest ticket on Broadway, there was this Lin Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes musical about a hot summer in Washington Heights, where music and dreams drive the pulse of a multifaceted Latinx community.

The Boston Theater Marathon XXIII: Special Zoom Edition – free, 10-minute plays by New England playwrights and theaters – brings The Underground Railway at Central Square Theater’s contribution Thursday.