The Explorers Club

Playwright Nell Benjamin's farce is the kind of madcap comedy that B Street Theatre does better than anyone else. Buck Busfield directs an extremely talented ensemble cast in the broad comedy about an 1870s London men's club of adventurers that is thrown into a tizzy when a woman is proposed for membership. Tu 6:30 pm; W 2pm & 6:30 pm; Th, F, 8 pm; Sa 5pm & 9 pm; Su 2 p.m. Through 7/26. $23-$35. B Street Theatre, 2711 B St.; (916) 443-5300; www.bstreettheatre.org. J.C.