Arts & Culture in Jersey City

Winner of the 2006 Improv Theatre Award for Best Interactive Show, The Awesome 80s Prom whisks would-be-seniors back to 1989 to re-live the decade of excess in all its stonewashed glory at the Wanaget High Senior Prom. The dance kicks off at 7:30 p.m. (the show starts at 8:00 p.m.), where taffeta-clad guests will get to moonwalk and pop 'n' lock alongside the captain of the football team, the geek, the head cheerleader, the rebel, and other teenage archetypes, before casting their vote for prom king and queen at the end of the dance. A best-dressed contest held every night will bestow one lucky dancer with the coveted title, so competitive guests will want to don their best studded glove and skinny tie before bathing in a bucket of blue eye shadow and donning a Frankie Says Relax T-shirt sewn together from Members Only jackets and Rubik's Cubes. The prom ends at 9:45 p.m., but ticketholders can dirty dance their way over to the after-party free of charge as Webster Hall transforms from a high school gymnasium into a nightclub where modern beats reign supreme over ear underlings.

Deemed "one of the city's leading cultural centers" by New York magazine, the 92nd Street Y has sparked nonprofit projects and engaging performances since its founding in 1874. Eight programming centers, including The School of the Arts, and the May Center for Health, Fitness & Sport interweave lectures, exercise and academic classes for adults and children, film screenings, and long-distance learning into a pursuit of shared wellness. During lectures, such special guests as Bill Gates, Woody Allen, and Bill Clinton have taken the stage to talk about their careers or debut new tap dancing routines. Centers for art, creative writing, and educational outreach flex the muscles of the mind while the May Center for Health, Fitness & Sport molds physiques on multiple floors of advanced workout arenas. Visitors might ease into a jazz or dance series at the Theresa L. Kaufmann Concert Hall, whose seating accommodates 915 people or 450 musicians on take-your-bassoon-to-work day, or watch a concert and other 92nd Y events from the personal monitors perched on the gym's cardio machines.

Circumcise Me is the hilarious autobiographical story of Yisrael Campbell, born "Christopher Campbell" and raised in a Catholic family in Philadelphia. After struggling with substance abuse as a teenager, Campbell went sober, converted to Judaism, and eventually moved to Jerusalem. It's a powerful story packed with loads of laughs, with a title that will probably leave a lot of dudes shifting uncomfortably in their seats between chortles and chuckles. The show was written and is performed by Campbell, and it is directed by Sam Gold.

• For $7, you get a general-admission ticket to one Program 1 feature (a $14 value). Program 1 features are scheduled for Friday, July 22; Saturday, July 23; Saturday, July 30; and Sunday, July 31, in the Peter Norton Symphony Space. • For $6, you get a general-admission ticket to one Program 2 feature (a $12 value). Program 2 features are scheduled for Sunday, July 24; Monday, July 25; Tuesday, July 26; Wednesday, July 27; and Thursday, July 28, at The Producer's Club.