If you’re lacking a song in your heart or a spring in your step, this series of twenty-one musicals in twenty-one days ought to give you plenty of both. This all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza includes longtime favorites like West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain, and the classic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers vehicles Top Hat and Shall We Dance. The series’ opener, Silk Stockings on May 28, has been moved to the Riverview to accommodate a special treat for fans: hoofing legend Cyd Charisse, who starred with Fred Astaire in this 1957 film, will host a Q&A at the screening. Oak Street, 309 Oak St. S.E., Minneapolis; (612) 331-3134; oakstreetcinema.org. Riverview, 3800 42nd Ave. S., Minneapolis; (612) 729-7369; www.riverviewtheater.com
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