A revival of a darkly comedian Stephen Sondheim musical and the return of our truthful metropolis’s buzziest artwork truthful lead our shortlist of cultural choices this Presidents’ Day weekend. Earlier than you go, bear in mind to name or test on-line for reservation necessities and different COVID-19 protocols.
‘Assassins’
East West Gamers returns to dwell efficiency with a staging of the late, nice Stephen Sondheim’s darkly comedian musical about John Wilkes Sales space, Lee Harvey Oswald and different, lesser-known killers and would-be killers of U.S. presidents. David Henry Hwang Theater, Union Heart of the Arts, 120 Choose John Aiso St., Little Tokyo, downtown L.A. Previews: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; opening evening: 5 p.m. Sunday (offered out); pay what you'll be able to, 8 p.m. Monday solely; different dates by means of March 20. $25-$75. eastwestplayers.org
Frieze Los Angeles/Frieze Week
This annual artwork showcase, that includes work from greater than 100 main galleries all over the world plus the perfect from native galleries, returns after final yr’s version was canceled as a result of pandemic. 9900 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. Feb. 17-20. Common admission: $10-$227; memberships: $180, $325. Moreover, Frieze Week, which kicked off Feb. 14, spotlights exhibitions and occasions at museums, galleries and different artwork areas throughout town together with LACMA, the Hammer and the Broad. frieze.com
‘Beethoven and Rachmaninoff’
Pianist Alessio Bax joins inventive director Carl St. Clair and Pacific Symphony for Rachmaninoff’s daunting Piano Concerto No. 3. This system additionally consists of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral.” Renée and Henry Segerstrom Live performance Corridor, Segerstrom Heart for the Arts, 615 City Heart Drive, Costa Mesa. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. $22-$209. pacificsymphony.org
‘... (Iphigenia)’
A tragedy as outdated as time is reimagined on this opera co-created by Grammy-winning jazz greats Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding, with set design by celebrity architect Frank Gehry. The Broad Stage, Santa Monica Faculty Performing Arts Heart, 1310 eleventh St., Santa Monica. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. $45-$105. thebroadstage.org
‘Slave Play’
Jeremy O. Harris’ edgy however extensively acclaimed drama, about three interracial couples collaborating in a peculiar type of couples remedy, arrives direct from Broadway for its West Coast premiere. Mark Taper Discussion board, the Music Heart, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2:30 and eight p.m. Saturday, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday; different dates by means of March 13. $35-$110. centertheatregroup.org
‘Metropolis of Cinema: Paris 1850–1907’
This new exhibit makes use of posters, prints, movie, images and extra to discover the French capital’s position within the start of moviemaking. Los Angeles County Museum of Artwork, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. Sunday by means of July 10. Closed Wednesdays. $10-$25; ages 2 and youthful are free; reductions out there to L.A. County residents. (323) 857-6010. lacma.org
‘Energy of Sail’
“Breaking Unhealthy’s” Bryan Cranston performs a Harvard professor who courts controversy by inviting a white nationalist to talk on campus within the West Coast premiere of Paul Grellong’s drama. Amy Brenneman additionally stars. Geffen Playhouse, Gil Cates Theater, 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood. 8 p.m. Friday, 3 and eight p.m. Saturday, 2 and seven p.m. Sunday; different dates by means of March 20. $39-$149. geffenplayhouse.org
‘it’s alive, IT’S ALIVE!’
Veteran efficiency artist John Fleck, a member of the so-called “NEA 4,” has a factor or two to say about varied present crises on this raucous cabaret-style present. Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. 8 p.m. Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday. $15, $20. odysseytheatre.com
‘120,000 Tales with Nobuko Miyamoto and Company’
The L.A.-based singer, actor and activist revisits her experiences as a younger Japanese American lady compelled to dwell in an internment camp along with her household throughout World Battle II, to assist relaunch the Getty’s “Sounds of L.A.” live performance sequence. The Getty Heart, Sepulveda Boulevard and Getty Heart Drive, L.A. 7 p.m. Saturday. Free; RSVP required. getty.edu
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