Virgil Tibbs, a black detective from California, travels to Argo, Alabama in 1968 to investigate murder and racism in Bowie Community Theatre’s In the Heat of the Night, a production based on an award-winning book, Oscar-winning film and Emmy-winning TV series. Showing thru March 30. FSa 8pm; Su 2pm at Bowie Community Theatre, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie. $17 w/discounts; rsvp: 301-805-0219; www.bctheatre.com.