“[TITLE OF SHOW]” is the next show on Trustus Theatre’s main stage. The musical comedy, which took its name from a space on a theater application form, opens Friday. The production, according to press notes, is “both a satirical send up of musical theatre, and an inspirational show that encourages us all to find our artistic voice and be true to it.” That’s a notion to take hold of during the holiday season. Dewey Scott-Wiley, the theater’s artistic director, will director the show. The musical, which will star Kevin Bush, Matthew DeGuire, Robin Gottlieb and Laurel Posey, is about two struggling writers who scramble to meet a submission deadline for a musical theater festival. The show will run through Dec. 16 before a holiday break. It resumes Jan. 3. Showtimes: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Trustus is at 520 Lady St. $20-$27; (803) 254-9732 or www.trustus.org

if ART Gallery will present two simultaneous solo exhibitions at Gallery 80808. “Dorothy Netherland: Velveteen” and “Tom Stanley: Glossary – Untitled Paintings” open Friday. Stanley, the chair of Winthrop University’s department of fine art, will show seven new large paintings. Through painting, Netherland, the 2011 Columbia Museum of Art Contemporaries’ Artist of the Year, explores the impact her influences will have on her 10-year-old daughter. The shows run through Dec. 24, and a reception for the artists will be held from 5-9 p.m. Friday. Gallery 80808 is at 808 Lady St.; (803) 238-2351

For the 25th year, First Baptist Church will present the Columbia Christmas Pageant. More than 18,000 people are expected to see the show. There are five performances of the show, which runs through Dec. 9. Showtimes: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Dec. 9. The church is at 1306 Hampton St. Free, but a ticket is required; (803) 217-3250

The South Carolina Philharmonic will present its “Holiday Pops” concert at Harbison Theatre at 3 today at Midlands Technical College. The program includes: Selections from “Polar Express”; Leroy Anderson’s "Sleigh Ride," featuring a surprise guest conductor; "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" narrated over Elgar’s "Nimrod"; "We Three Basses" set to "We Three Kings"; Ralph Vaughan Williams’ "Fantasia on Greensleeves"; and Victor Herbert’s "March of the Toys" from "Babes in Toyland." Of course, there will be Christmas carols so the audience can sing along. The theater is at 7300 College St. $22; www.harbisontheatre.org

“Glorious: A Modern Worship Christmas,” a program of modern worship music, will be performed at 4 and 7 tonight at Shandon Baptist Church. The church is at 5250 Forest Drive. Free, but tickets are required; www.christmasatshandon.com

Craig Butterfield, a USC School of Music double bass professor, will play a solo concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Conundrum Music Hall. Butterfield might be classically trained, but he isn’t just playing classical pieces. He’ll also perform renditions of songs by the Beatles, Radiohead and Bjork, along with jazz standards. To play the arrangements, Butterfield will use guitar effects, a loop pedal and bass pedal synthesizers. Conundrum is at 626 Meeting St., West Columbia. $5; www.conundrum.us

The 46th annual Governor’s Carolighting, which begins at 6 p.m. Monday on the north side of the State House, will be broadcast at 7 p.m. on ETV. Repeat airings are scheduled for 9 p.m. Dec. 16 and 6 p.m. Dec.22 on the South Carolina Channel and 6 p.m. Dec. 23 on ETV. ETV airs on channel 35, Time Warner Cable channel 11. The South Carolina Channel, which requires digital TV service, is on digital channel 35-2.

The Sandlapper Singers will perform “Silver Bells, Golden Harps, Brass Magic” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Dreher High School’s Performing Arts Center. The program will feature the Sandlapper Singers, the Young Sandlapper Singers, as well as Palmetto Brass, harpist Katie Taylor and the Southern Bronze handbell ensemble. The center is at 3319 Millwood Avenue. $10-$20; www.sandlappersingers.org

The CMA Chamber Music on Main Series continues at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Columbia Museum of Art with works by Beethoven, Bolcom, Jalbert and Chausson. The performers gathered by the series’ artistic director Edward Arron: pianist Phillip Bush, violinist Arnaud Sussmann and violist David Harding. The museum is at Main and Hampton streets; $5-$40; www.columbiamuseum.org

Charleston-based watercolorist Mary Whyte will be signing copies of “Down Bohicket Road,” which will be published next this month, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Books on Broad in Camden. “Working South: Paintings and Sketches by Mary Whyte,” her last book, was released in March 2011. It was the silver medal winner of ForeWord Review’s 2011 Art Book of the Year award. Books on Broad is at 944 Broad St., Camden. Free; (803) 713-7323

USC’s student composers will present a free concert titled "New Voices" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the USC School of Music recital hall. The concert will feature 12 composers premiering music. The recital hall is at 813 Assembly St. Free; (803) 777-4280

Fan Lei will perform a guest artist clarinet recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the USC School of Music recital hall, 813 Assembly St. Free; (803) 777-4280

"Like Peeling an Onion... And a little bit more!," a one-act play by local playwright Charles Curtis, will be staged at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Dec. 9 at the CMFA ArtSpace. The plot: After a man dies, his family and friends box up his life. In the process, they uncover secrets that weren’t meant to be shared. The play was featured at the 2011 National Black Theatre Festival’s Reader’s Series of New Plays. There will be wine, food and cast interaction at the play. CMFA is at 914 Pulaski St. $30; (803) 216-1262