May in downtown San Diego livens things up a bit. San Diego Symphony winds up its 2010 season with a scary film and incendiary music, The Old Globe presents two historical works and Broadway San Diego mines the Beatles. At the Old Globe • Playing through May 30, Tovah Feldshuh stars as Golda Meir in William Gibson’s one-woman play, “Golda’s Balcony.” The work follows Meir from Russian immigrant to American schoolteacher to leader of international policy as Israel’s fourth prime minister. • Saturday, May 8 through June 13, Matthew Lopez’ “The Whipping Man” plays in the White Theatre. The piece is set in the final days of the Civil War and concerns a Confederate soldier who returns to find his former slaves occupying the ruins of his former home. Tickets ($29-$77): www.theoldglobe.com or (619) 23-GLOBE. At the Civic Theatre May 14-16 (8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 6 p.m. Sunday), Broadway San Diego presents “Rain: a Tribute to the Beatles,” which covers the Fab Four in multimedia with live music and vocals. Tickets ($20-$77): Window sales 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 1100 Third Ave. or (619) 570-1100 or www.ticketmaster.com At Copley Symphony Hall May 7-8 San Diego Symphony Winter Pops presents “Silent Film Night” showing of F. W. Murnau’s “Nosfertu” (1922), starring Max Schreck. Gillian Anderson conducts the orchestra as if the original soundtrack to accompany the screening. Tickets are $20-$30. May 14-16 (8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday) Jahja Ling conducts the Jacobs’ Masterworks Concert featuring Igor Stravinisky’s “Rite of Spring,” Richard Strauss’ “An Alpine Symphony.” Nuvi Mehta delivers “What’s the Score,” to tell you more about the music 45 minutes prior to the concert. Tickets for lecture with your admission price of $20-$93. For more information go to www.sandiegosymphony.org or phone (619) 235-0804