PLAYING FOR A CURE

Are you in a mid-holidays funk? Feeling exhausted, hung-down, brung-down, hung-up, strung-out, vulnerable, blue and nostalgic all at the same time? Well, the Universal Amphitheatre might have a cure. It’s presenting concerts this weekend by pop stars Kenny G and Donna Summer.

Sax player Kenny G will perform his jazz-flavored pop in concert Saturday. G is one of the best-selling instrumentalists in recording history. His 1992 hit, “Breathless,” sold over 10 million copies worldwide, and this holiday season his year-old “Miracles: The Holiday Album” was again among the top sellers. Many purists knock G’s music as not being real jazz. Jazz schmazz. Whatever it is, a lot of people really like this stuff.

Disco diva Donna Summer will headline a New Year’s Eve bash at the amphitheater Sunday. More than any other individual except possibly John Travolta, Summer came to personify the disco era.

She had a string of dance hits in the late 1970s and early ‘80s that included “Love to Love You Baby,” “Bad Girls” and “Last Dance.” She even appeared in the disco film epic “Thank God It’s Friday” in 1978. During her heyday, she racked up eight gold LPs, two platinum LPs, 10 gold singles and two platinum singles.

But, although she’s worked hard to shed the disco image and sound, her last Top 40 hit was 1983’s “She Works Hard for the Money.” Who knows? Now that Travolta is again the hottest property in show business, maybe Summer isn’t far behind. Her sold-out performance last August at the amphitheater was her first Los Angeles appearance in more than seven years.

* Kenny G in concert at 8:15 p.m. Saturday. Tickets range from $35-$75.

* Donna Summer rings in the new year complete with party favors, a balloon drop and flutterfetti starting at 10:15 p.m. Sunday. Tickets range from $25 to $100.

Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza. Call (213) 480-3232.

LAUGHS FOR SALE

The Valley’s two most prominent comedy venues, the L.A. Connection Comedy Theatre in Sherman Oaks and the L.A. Cabaret Comedy Club in Encino, are both offering New Year’s Eve shows.

The L.A. Connection, 13442 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, will have two shows, at 8 and 10 p.m. Each show is different and will include a mix of the group’s work including lip-syncing movie classics, performing improv and sketch comedy and eliciting audience participation. Tickets are $10 for the early show, $15 for the late show and $22 for both. Call (818) 784-1868.

The L.A. Cabaret, 17271 Ventura Blvd., Encino, starts its party early at 5 p.m. with dinner followed by a stand-up comedy lineup at 8:30. From 11:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., a live band will play oldies and dance music.

Tickets are $85 per person for dinner, show and party, $65 show and party only, $25 bar admission and main room party after 11:30 p.m. Included will be hors d’ oeuvres from 10:30 p.m., party hats, streamers, noise makers, champagne from 11:30 p.m. and coffee after midnight. Call (818) 501-3737.

NEW YEAR’S EVE

* Group Repertory Theatre, 10900 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, will stage a special New Year’s Eve performance of “The Art of Seduction,” a French-style farce about love, fertility and foolishness, along with a holiday buffet. Tickets are $25 per person. Call (818) 769-PLAY.

* The Moonlight Tango Cafe, 13730 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, will have two seatings for New Year’s Eve, at 6:30 and 9 p.m. Both include dinner and dancing to live music. The early seating is $39 per person, the late seating is $89. Bar seats for the second seating are $50. All these prices exclude beverages, which are extra. Call (818) 788-2000.