Going gaga for the Goo Goos?: The Goo Goo Dolls, the Buffalo rock act responsible for such hits as “Iris” and “Slide,” comes to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View July 14 in support of their 11th studio album, “Boxes.” Phillip Phillips, who rose to fame with his triumphant run during the 11th season of TV’s “American Idol” in 2012, is also on the bill. Details: 8 p.m.; $23-$99.50; www.livenation.com.— Jim Harrington, Staff. She hacks and sings: Lizzie Borden took an ax and whacked her way into the annals of lurid American history. Now City Lights Theater Company unveils new dimensions of this infamous tale with a badass goth-rock musical version of “Lizzie.” Written by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer, Tim Maner and Alan Stevens Hewitt, this is a postmodern rock musical clad in Victorian lace. Directed by the estimable Lisa Mallette, it opens July 15. Details: Through Aug. 20; City Lights Theater Company, San Jose; $19-$44; 408-295-4200, cltc.org.— Karen D’Souza, Staff.

A DECADE OF DANCE: Company C Contemporary Ballet continues its impressive 10th season at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center this Friday through Sunday, and returns to the East Bay after a New York sojourn for a weekend run at the Lesher Center on May 25-27, The programs for both Bay Area runs include a ballet by C’s founding artistic director, Charles Anderson, set to bluegrass arrangements of Led Zeppelin’s classic rock work, “The Song Remains the Same (Suite),” and Anderson’s “Key to Songs,” a technically demanding pas de deux with a score by electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnik, “Footage,” by Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo founder Peter Anastos, is a sleek and elegant ballet set to tunes by English big-band leader Jack Hylton, who kept the British dancing through the dark years personalized ballet shoes drawstring bag mario mermaid sports bag soccer batman emoji with name mickey minnie mouse of the Great Depression, And Gregory Dawson, resident choreographer with Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet, presents “Which Light in the Sky Is Us?” featuring a score by Ben Juodvalkis and Moses Sedler..

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Love the one you’re with. This isn’t the weekend to switch partners, since it’s time for a commitment. Be affectionate. Someone may needle you or draw a line in the sand just to attract attention. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Push away weekday worries and put on your dancing shoes on tonight. Your sheer animal magnetism is likely to attract a dance partner with more than the tango on his or her mind before the night is over. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): First things first. Quit knocking your head against a brick wall and reassess your long-term goals. Before you get carried away with plans for weekend fun and games, take a close look at your finances.

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Portner is just the latest in a long line of young choreographers championed by the company. Program A on Jan. 18 and 20 highlights Hubbard Street’s success at nurturing budding talent, with Alejandro Cerrudo’s “Lickety-Split” (set to songs by Devendra Banhart). The company’s resident choreographer spent several years as a Hubbard Street dancer and it’s “the first piece he ever did for Hubbard, a duet he created in a workshop setting,” Edgerton says. “We asked him to expand on that duet and it turned out to be an 18-minute piece that’s really endearing and has a sense of camaraderie.”.