THE WEEK AHEAD
A CURATED PREVIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MUSIC, MOVIES, THEATER AND THE ARTS
SUNDAY
“A Permanent Image” The Pacific Resident Theatre production of Samuel D. Hunter’s intense drama about adult children returning to Idaho for their father’s funeral has been extended.
l Through April 14. Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. pacificresident theatre.org
The 36 Chamber of Comedy with
Zeo Niu Team Wu-Tang faces off against Team Shaolin in a themed comedy showcase featuring Black and Asian comics, including Jeremy “Gumbo” Christian, Opey Olagbaju, Jaylin Bias, Sandy Velasco, Joe Wong, Andrea Jin and Christian Wisseh.
l 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Comedy Store, 8433 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles “Vermillion Like Embers: Andrey GuaiAná Zignnatto” The work of the indigenous Brazilian artist navigates the space between the concrete and the spiritual through images, narratives and memories.
l Continuing. Museum of Latin American Art, 628 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach. molaa.org
TUESDAY
“Just for Us” Comedian Alex Edelman returns for an encore of his acclaimed one-man show about an encounter with a group of neo-Nazis.
l 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 3 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. March 31. Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. centertheatregroup.org
WEDNESDAY
“Fat Ham” The Broadway production of James Ijames’ audacious Pulitzer Prize-winning riff on “Hamlet” stars Marcel Spears of “The Neighborhood” as a young, queer Black man whose dead father makes an unexpected appearance at a backyard BBQ.
l Wednesday-April 28. Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood. geffenplayhouse.org Laurie Anderson The multimedia legend revisits her classic “X = X,” backed by the New York underground jazz combo Sexmob. l 8 p.m. Wednesday. Orpheum Theatre, 842 S. Broadway, downtown L.A. laorpheum .com Kameelah Janan Rasheed Letters,
words and nonwords, moving images, body gestures, rituals and sounds collide in an exhibition of the California artist’s light-sensitive prints made by washing photosensitive paper in water from various locales.
l Wednesday-Aug. 11. REDCAT, 631 W. 2nd St., downtown L.A. redcat.org Ray Chen The violinist performs Beethoven, Bach, Chick Corea and more in this Colburn Celebrity Recital.
l 8 p.m., March 27. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. laphil.com
THURSDAY
Michael Tilson Thomas Although in the late stages of aggressive brain cancer, MTT continues to conduct, as his extraordinary recent performances in San Francisco show. He returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic in two Russian specialties, Stravinsky’s “Petrushka” and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony.
l 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday; 11 a.m. Friday. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. laphil.com
Mitski The probing and witty singer-songwriter — whose languid country-soul tune “My Love Mine All Mine” became an unlikely pop hit last year after it exploded on TikTok — plays the first of three Shrine dates behind her latest LP, “The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We.”
l 8 p.m. Thursday. Shrine Auditorium, 665 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles. shrineauditorium .com
FRIDAY
“Femme” Nathan StewartJarrett and George MacKay star in Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s unconventional revenge story about an acclaimed drag artist who encounters his homophobic assaulter months later in a gay bathhouse.
l Starts Friday with Thursday previews. AMC The Grove 14, 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles. femmemovie.com
“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” The legendary behemoths face an existential threat in the latest installment of the MonsterVerse franchise. Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry and Dan Stevens star. l Starts Friday in general release with Thursday previews. legendary.com/film/godzilla -x-kong-the-new-empire/
SATURDAY
“Seguimos: Contemporary Art in Costa Rica” Artist talk with Adrián Arguedas Ruano, Allegra Pacheco, Priscilla Romero-Cubero, Luciano Goizueta and Matias Sauter Morera, whose works emphasize the topics of body, identity and place.
l 3 p.m. Saturday. Exhibition continues through May 18. Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center, 2525 Michigan Ave., Suite B3, Santa Monica. craigkrullgallery.com
SUNDAY
“King Hedley II” Director Gregg T. Daniel and A Noise Within continue August Wilson’s American Century Cycle with this powerful Reagan-era drama about a man returning to Pittsburgh’s Hill District after 11 years in prison.
l Through April 28. A Noise Within, 3352 E. Foothill Blvd. Pasadena. anoisewithin.org