THEATRE

Paint Your Wagon is a fetching musical about post-Gold Rush life in California. James Barton stars in Alan Lerner's earthy saga at the Shubert. Matinee today, evenings at 8:30.

The Metropolitan's hilarious version of Die Fledermaus is playing nightly at 8:30 in the Opera House. This combination of Straus and slapstick will make a fine entertainment this afternoon, starting at 2:30.

A Midsummer Night's Dream takes you into the land of fairy tale in the Brattle. Matinee and evening performances today.

Oklahoma is always good, especially at current prices. 2:30 and 8:30 at the Colonial.

MOVIES

Jean Renoir's The River is enjoying a successful run at the Beacon Hill. All seats reserved for this warm story of India, 2:30, 5:30, and 8:30 today.

The Day the Earth Stood Still is more than science fiction. See this dramatic, thought-provoking film at the RKO Boston.

Rhubarb, the cat, comes out of the book and on to the Paramount and Fenway screen to give you riotous entertainment.

M-G-M's Red Badge of Courage, starring Audie Murphy and Bill Mauldin, is at the Loew's State and Orpheum.