Sun. April 22

Do we dream of soccer? Never. We played it briefly as a kid, but this was way before soccer became the school-kid sport for all, and we never got hooked on it. A lot of futile running around and no scoring. And that seems to be the way a lot of Americans look at it; it's definitely on the lower tier of the baseball-football-basketball-hockey realm. But we do know soccer is huge with many immigrants, from Ireland to South America, and means as much to them as, say, baseball does to us. In that spirit, we're recommending Michael Anderson's show at Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway, "Soccer Nightmares, Soccer Dreams." And he's promising the full load of soccer and what it means, the politics, the ecstasy and the agony, the neighborhood games to the World Cup, even myths and conspiracy theories. (We do know in certain countries it's not a great idea to, say, let the World Cup winning goal in. Bill Buckner never had it so rough.) Anderson's one-man show closes Sunday April 22 (at 3 p.m.) This is obviously a place for the fanatic to reconnect to the community, and maybe it's an opportunity the ignorant (that's people like us) to get schooled. In the photo: The most famous one of all, David Beckham, Mr. Posh Spice. Tickets: $15.

255 Elm St., Somerville, 617-591-1616 jtoffbroadway.com