Flo Rida in Pirate’s Post-game Fan Jam; ‘Violet’ Continues at Front Porch Theatricals (Fri., 5/26/17)

1) “Shawty had them Apple Bottom jeans (jeans!) / Boots with the fur (with the fur!)” You can thank T-Pain, who is featured, for the call and response, which helped make Flo Rida’s “Low” such a hit. The song was the most downloaded single of the 2000s, and it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 consecutive weeks in 2008, a record for that year. It appears on his debut album, Mail on Sunday. Who would have thought that sampling an ’80s one-hit-wonder would give Flo Rida another hit? That’s what happened when he sampled Dead or Alive’s “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” on “Right Round,” which features Kesha. He released a new single this year, “Game Time,” featuring Sage the Gemini. His upcoming album is The Perfect 10, though no release date has been set. Flo Rida headlines a FanJam Postgame Concert, which begins at PNC Park after the Bucs play the Mets in a 7:05 game. 115 Federal St., North Shore. (CM)

2) In Pittsburgh as in most places, news about the theater scene tends to focus on the city’s largest companies and the major touring productions. But it’s the smaller companies that fill out the scene, often with interesting or offbeat shows you will not find at big-ticket venues. One such company here is Front Porch Theatricals. Front Porch produces two musicals per year, choosing the kind that might be described as cult favorites, and first up this year is Violet. Based on a gripping short story, Violet came close to hitting it really big. The 1997 off-Broadway premiere won a handful of significant (if lesser-known) awards and a 2014 Broadway revival got several Tony nominations. The plot centers on a young woman whose face has been disfigured in an accident. Traveling to visit a televangelist, in hopes of being healed, she has strange encounters—but will she find truth? Or love? Violet’s action is set to music and songs that span a range of American genres, from down-home rock to gospel and blues. 8 p.m. Runs through Sunday. At the New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. (MV)

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