Fifty Shades Parody, American Roots, Fusion, MLK Lunch and Learn To Be A Curator

50 Shades! The Musical, a parody of the popular book series Fifty Shades of Grey, will bring songs like "They Get Nasty," "I Don't Make Love" and "There's A Hole Inside Me" to the Warner Theatre. The play centers around a suburban ladies book club reading the books. It is not for those under 18 but "doesn't cross boundaries that would make general audiences squirm." 
When: Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Where: The Warner Theatre, 513 13th St., NW
Cost: $32.50 starting price

Kevin Peter Jones All-Star Band plays at Blues Alley. 
When: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 10 p.m. 
Where: Blues Alley, 1054 31 St., NW
Cost: $37.75

"A Mouth Full Of Birds," a Georgetown University senior thesis production, co-produced with Nomadic Theatre and directed by Caryl Churchill, addresses the human experience of falling apart. 
When: Thursday, Jan. 16 to Saturday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 19 at 2 p.m.
Where: Davis Performing Arts Center, Georgetown University Campus
Cost: $12 general admission, $10 faculty, staff, seniors, alumni, $5 students

"American Roots music that satisfies like homemade apple pie." Girls, Guns and Glory plays at Gypsy Sally's. 
When: Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. 
Where: Gypsy Sally's, 3401 K St., NW
Cost: $6 in advance, $10 door

Rhett Miller, the front man and main songwriter of the hard-charging rock ‘n’ roll quartet Old 97's, will be at the Hamilton Live. 
When: Friday, Jan. 17 at 8:30 p.m. 
Where:  The Hamilton Live, 600 14th St., NW
Cost: $22.50 advance, $27.50 door

The band who described its latest album Olly Oxen Free as being "like the cry bellowed during a children’s game of hide-and-seek... [it] signals that it’s safe to come out from our hiding spots, gather together, and celebrate late into the evening," Dangermuffin will perform at Gypsy Sally's. 
When: Friday, Jan. 19 at 8 p.m., doors at 7 p.m. 
Where: Gypsy Sally's, 3401 K St., NW
Cost: $8 in advance, $12 door 

If you're into funk, soul, jam, rock and fusion, head down to Gypsy Sally's for a night with DC-based Covered With Jam band and Ron Holloway. 
When: Saturday, Jan. 18
Where: Gypsy Sally's, 3401 K St., NW
Cost: $6 in advance, $10 door 

"Take Hold of History" at the Tudor Place. Kids, 10-15, will learn what it's like to be a museum curator.
When: Monday, Jan. 20 
Where: Tudor Place, 1644 31 St., NW
Cost: $25 members, $30 non-members

Gourmet buffet lunch and award-winning desserts in celebration of Martin Luther King at the Mansion on O Street. 
When: Monday, Jan. 20 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: 2020 O St., NW
Cost: $45