Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the Big To-Do: Short Cuts, our midweek round-up of what’s going on around Boston, as selected by Boston Globe critics and writers.

Thursday

• The D-Day drama “Pressure,” starring Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser, opens in theaters.

• Kumail Nanjiani joins crime comedy “Deli Boys” as its second season premieres on Hulu.

• “The Dinner Party” author Cat Fitzpatrick speaks with “Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl” writer Andrea Lawlor at All She Wrote Books in Somerville.

Friday

• “Young Dumb & Broke” singer Khalid takes the stage Friday at MGM Music Hall at Fenway.

• Rhys Ifans stars in the “For All Mankind” spinoff “Star City,” debuting on Apple TV.

• Katherine Center celebrates the release of her new book “The Shippers” at First Parish Church.

Saturday

• Houston rapper Don Toliver performs at TD Garden.

• Method Man and Redman bring ‘90s vibes to Boston with a show at Agganis Arena.

• “The Lesbian Bar Chronicles” author Rachel Karp stops by Dani’s Queer Bar.

• Comedian, actor, and Brookline native Alex Edelman brings his “What Are You Going To Do” tour to the Emerson Colonial Theatre.

Sunday

• English singer-songwriter and producer James Blake comes to Roadrunner.

• Indigenous Canadian singer-songwriter William Prince performs at Cambridge’s Club Passim.

Ongoing

• Presented by the Huntington, the production “Oedipus El Rey” continues at the Roberts Studio Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion through June 14.

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