Take a hilarious ride through the Bard’s comedies, histories and tragedies when three actors take on the task of covering 37 plays in less than two hours. The wildly irreverent “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]” is a fast-paced riff on the Shakespearean canon, first performed to much acclaim on the London stage. Now, Hofstra University’s Department of Drama and Dance takes up this — comic — challenge, Friday through Sunday, April 7-9, at Hofstra’s newly renovated Globe Stage. Info: (516) 463-6644 or www.HofstraTickets.com.