. . . and Now Getting Down to the Fine Print

ART

Through June 16: “The Enduring Spirit: Art of the Holocaust,” Simon Wiesenthal Center, Museum of Tolerance.

Through June 23: “Chan Ky-Yut,” Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena.

* “Images of an Era: Selections From the Permanent Collection,” Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Little Tokyo. Also at the Geffen: “Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film Since 1945,” through July 28.

Through July 7: “Doris Ulmann: Photography and Folklore,” J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu. Also at the Getty: “Ten Centuries of French Illumination,” through July 7.

Through July 14: “Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou,” UCLA/Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Westwood. Also at the Fowler: “Sequined Spirits: Contemporary Vodou Flags,” through Aug. 25.

Through July 21: “The Eye and the Hand: Arts and Crafts of Morocco,” Craft and Folk Art Museum.

* “The New Wave: Bonnard, Toulouse-Lautrec and Vuillard and the French Color Print,” Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena.

Through Aug. 11: “Ed Moses: A Retrospective of the Paintings and Drawings, 1951-1996,” Museum of Contemporary Art, downtown.

Through Aug. 18: “Sexual Politics: Judy Chicago’s ‘The Dinner Party’ in Feminist Art History,” UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Westwood.

Through Aug. 25: “Tunneling to the Acropolis: Early Visions of the Southwest Museum,” Southwest Museum, Highland Park.

May 31-Aug. 11: “Lasting Impressions: Illustrating African American Children’s Books,” California Afro-American Museum, Exposition Park.

June 1-Aug. 18: “Con Mucha Alegria: Bolivian Festival Masks and Costumes,” Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana.

June 4-Sept. 30: “Arthur, King of Britain,” Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino.

June 8-July 21: “In Monet’s Garden,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

June 9: Frank Lloyd Wright’s 129th Birthday Celebration, Barnsdall Art Park.

June 15-Aug. 18: “How Great Thou Art: Photographs From Graceland,” UCR/California Museum of Photography, Riverside.

June 15-Aug. 25: “Allan Sekula: Fish Story” and “James Luna: The Dream Hat Ritual,” Santa Monica Museum of Art.

June 15-Sept. 29: “Portraits of Clay: Photographs by Sandra S. Smith,” the Southwest Museum, Highland Park.

June 20-Aug. 24: “Potpourri,” the Irvine Museum.

June 21-Aug. 25: “One Hundred Years on the Edge: The Frame in America 1820-1920,” Laguna Art Museum.

June 22-Oct. 13: “Inside: The Work of Saint Clair Cemin, Joel Otterson and Others,” California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido.

June 23-Sept. 1: “Tim Hawkinson: Recent Work,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena.

June 23-Sept. 8: “Lari Pittman,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

June 23-Oct. 20: “The Women’s Warpath: Iban Ritual Fabrics From Borneo,” UCLA/Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Westwood.

June 28-Oct. 13: “Bill Viola: Stations,” Lannan Foundation, Marina del Rey.

June 29-Sept. 2: “Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures,” San Diego Museum of Art.

June 30-Nov. 3: “Kienholz: A Retrospective,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Downtown Los Angeles.

July 4-Sept. 29: “The White House Collection of American Crafts,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

July 7-Oct. 20: “Odd Nerdrum” and “Tony Oursler,” Museum of Contemporary Art/Downtown, San Diego.

July 10-Aug. 3: “About Face: All City Open,” Watts Towers Arts Center.

July 10-Sept. 1: “About Face: All City Open,” William Grant Still Art Center, Municipal Art Gallery and Barnsdall Arts Center Gallery.

* “Other Faces,” Junior Arts Center Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park.

July 12-Sept. 29: “Master Prints From the British Museum,” Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino.

July 12-Oct. 6: “Zen Rock Garden,” Laguna Art Museum.

July 14-Sept. 22: “Anthropropulsion,” Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena.

July 14-Nov. 3: “California Focus,” Long Beach Museum of Art.

July 16-Oct. 6: “Roger Fenton: The Oriental Suite,” J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu.

July 18-Oct. 6: “Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

July 20-Sept. 15: “Deborah Butterfield,” San Diego Museum of Art.

July 20-Oct. 6: “John McLaughlin: Western Modernism/Eastern Thought,” Laguna Art Museum.

July 21-Sept. 22: “Designing Modernity: The Arts of Reform and Persuasion, 1885-1945,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

July 27-Sept. 29: “Ancient Muse/Modern Views: Roman Photographs by Steven Brooke, Prints by Piranesi,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Aug. 3-Oct. 6: “Lia Cook: Material Allusions,” Craft and Folk Art Museum.

Aug. 17-Nov. 3: “Figuratively Speaking: 20th Century Paintings, Sculptures and Works on Paper,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Aug.17-Oct. 13: “Masterworks in Haitian Art,” Craft and Folk Art Museum.

Aug. 31-Oct. 27: “Discovering Ellis Ruley,” San Diego Museum of Art.

Aug. 31-Dec. 8: “The Compositional Drawing From the 16th to the 19th Century,” J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu.

COMEDY

July 14: Adam Sandler, Universal Amphitheatre.

June 22-Sept. 7: “Cyrano de Bergerac” with the Mad Movies All-Stars, on Saturday nights at L.A. Connection Theatre.

June 14-Sept. 7: “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Groundlings” with the Groundlings, Friday and Saturday nights at the Groundling Theatre.

June 29-Nov. 30: “Acme After Dark” with the Acme Players, Saturday nights at Acme Theatre.

DANCE

May 29-June 1: “Beatitude,” St. Joseph Ballet, Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine.

May 30, June 1-2: Folklorico de SMC, Santa Monica College Concert Hall, Santa Monica.

May 30-June 2: Synaptic’s third annual “Smorgasboard,” Roosevelt Junior High Auditorium, San Diego.

May 30-June 8: John Malashock’s “Tribes,” “The Near Reaches” and excerpts from “Window Dressers,” Lyceum Theatre, Horton Plaza, San Diego.

May 31-June 1: Senior Dance Concert, Room 200, UCLA Dance Building, Westwood.

June 1: Danza Floricanto/USA, Ojai Festival, Libbey Bowl, Ojai.

* Flamenco by Carla Luna and Guillermo Rios, Torrance Cultural Arts Center.

June 3: Louise Reichlin and Dancers, Gallery Theatre, Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood.

June 4 and 6: “Pau Hana” (student work), Room 200, UCLA Dance Building, Westwood.

June 8-9: “Cinderella,” “Carnival of the Animals,” South Bay Ballet, James R. Armstrong Theatre, Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance.

June 9: Nanette Brodie Dance Theatre, Brand Library, Glendale.

* “Concert ‘96,” Irvine School of Dance, Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine.

* “Vasanthavalli,” dance drama by Kalyana Sunderam, Campus Theatre, Cypress College, Cypress.

June 13: Fifth annual Lester Horton Awards, Water Court, California Plaza, downtown.

* Hirokazu Kosaka, Oguri and others in “Unmapped Zones,” Japan America Theatre.

June 13-15: Dance USA 1996 National Roundtable, Hotel Intercontinental, downtown.

June 14: “Tales From the Plate, Moving North,” Loretta Livingston and Dancers, Japan America Theatre, Little Tokyo.

* Four companies from Malibu join Naked With Shoes at the Smothers Theater, Pepperdine University, Malibu.

June 14-15: “World Beats,” AMAN International Music and Dance, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

June 14-16: Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Fountain Theatre, Hollywood.

* Collage Dance Theatre, “La Brea Woman,” Ivy Substation, Culver City.

June 15: “Drift,” Oguri and Renzoku, Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown.

June 15 and 29: “The Mahabharata in Shadow,” Shadow Art Ensemble, Thorne Hall, Occidental College.

June 20-21: Susan Foster, “Swan Queens, Psycho Chickens and Other Dancing Monsters,” Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.

June 22: “Jazz Tap Jam,” Jazz Tap Ensemble, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

June 22-23: Tina Gerstler’s “States of Being” and Stephanie Gilliland and Dancers in “Incline,” Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.

June 26-27: “Theme and Variations,” “Brahms Symphony,” “Leaves Are Fading” pas de deux and a new Twyla Tharp ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Music Center, downtown.

June 26-30: Frank Guevara’s Dance Theatre of East L.A., Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, Lincoln Heights.

June 27-28: Mehmet Sander’s “Memo Unplugged,” Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.

June 27-30: Ten choreographers present work at Voices in Motion V, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Hollywood.

June 28: La Tania, noon Watercourt “Celebrations,” California Plaza, downtown.

June 28-29: Festival of Philippine Art and Culture, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

June 28-30: “Don Quixote,” American Ballet Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Music Center, downtown.

* Saddleback Dance Center recital, Irvine Barclay Theatre, Irvine.

June 29-30: Naked With Shoes in “Crawling From the Wreckage” and Dan Froot and Victoria Marks, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.

July 5: Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, CSU Media Arts Festival, Carpenter Center, Cal State Long Beach.

July 5-7: “Ritmo Tango,” Fountain Theatre, Hollywood.

July 5-7 and 11-14: Diavolo Dance Theatre in “Chambers,” Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.

July 11: Shapiro and Smith Dance, CSU Media Arts Festival, Carpenter Center, Cal State Long Beach.

July 11-14: “Billboards,” the Joffrey Ballet, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Music Center, downtown.

July 13-14: “Love and Death,” Los Angeles Modern Dance and Ballet, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

July 19: “Mix 25,” Garth Fagan Dance, CSU Media Arts Festival, Carpenter Center, Cal State Long Beach.

* Dance Kaleidoscope, Program 1, Luckman Theater, Cal State L.A.

July 20: Dance Kaleidoscope, Program 2, Luckman Theater, Cal State L.A.

July 21: Dance Kaleidoscope, Program 3, Strub Theatre, Loyola Marymount University.

July 27: “Crossroads,” Dance Kaleidoscope Program 4, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

July 27-28 and Aug. 2-3: “Bella Figura,” “Symphony of Psalms,” U.S. Kylian premiere, Nederlans Dans Theater, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa.

July 30-Aug. 1: “Softly as I Leave You,” “Sweet Dreams,” “Six Dances,” “Soldier’s Mass,” Nederlans Dans Theater, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa.

Aug. 10: “Lakbay Diwa, Journey of the Spirit,” Kayamanan Ng Lahi Philippine Folk Arts, Luckman Theater, Cal State L.A.

Aug. 17: “Odysseus Suite,” Jazzantiqua Dance and Music Ensemble, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

Aug. 23: Hiroko Hojo, Dulce Capadocia, Karen Woo, “Dancing/Laughing/Flying/Crying,” Watercourt, California Plaza, downtown.

Aug. 25: “Boleros--Recuerdos de Una Morena,” Danza Floricanto/USA, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

Aug. 30-Sept. 1: “Flamenco Vivo, Rhythms of the Soul,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood.

FAMILY

Through June 8: “Just-So Stories,” Morgan-Wixson Theatre, Santa Monica.

Through June 15: “Blast-Off,” Theatre West.

Through July 28: “Barnyard Madness With the Three Little Pigs,” Santa Monica Playhouse, Santa Monica.

Through Sept. 29: “Sketchbook Revue,” Bob Baker Marionette Theatre.

June 1: “It’s a Whole New World,” Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa.

* “Snoopy,” Broadway on Tour, Roxy Theater, West Hollywood. Runs indefinitely.

June 2-23: “The Odyssey,” Wooden-O Theatre, West L.A.

June 7-16: “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” Laguna Playhouse, Moulton Theatre, Laguna Beach.

June 8: “7th Annual Kids’ Nature Festival & Concert,” Temescal Gateway Park, Pacific Palisades.

June 8-16: “Mother Goose: On Trial!,” South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa.

June 8-July 7: “A Little Princess,” Serendipity Theatre Company, Burbank Little Theatre, George Izay Park, Burbank.

June 9: “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” Arroyo Seco Park, Pasadena. Also June 22, La Tierra de la Culebra.

June 13-14: “The Wizard of Oz,” Irvine Barclay Theatre.

June 15: “Aman International Music & Dance,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

* “Jim Rule, Kids Koncerts ‘96,” Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga.

June 16-Aug. 11: “Lenny and Lori, Take II” and “Once Upon a World,” Action for Kids, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Museum of Tolerance.

June 20-23: “Quinly Agonistes,” A.S.K. Theatre at UCLA, Little Theatre, West L.A.

June 21-Aug. 16: “Dear Gabby--the Confessions of an Overachiever,” Santa Monica Playhouse, Santa Monica.

June 22: “Jazz Tap Caravan,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

June 23: “Angela Lloyd, Kids Koncerts ‘96,” Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga.

* “Parachute Express,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

June 29: “Asian Youth Arts Festival,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

* “A Special Day for Children” Southwest Museum.

June 30: “Karl Anthony in Concert,” Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga.

July 6: “Wolfie’s Back in Town,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

July 6-Aug. 10: “East of the Sun, West of the Moon,” Morgan-Wixson Theatre, Santa Monica.

July 7: “Courtney Campbell, Kids Koncerts ‘96,” Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga.

July 8-Aug. 16: “Open House at the Hollywood Bowl,” Open House Stage, Box Office Circle, Hollywood Bowl.

July 13: “Our Nori (Our Song),” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

July 14: “Dan Crow, Kids Koncerts ‘96,” Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga.

July 20: “The Magic of Ekeko,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

July 21: “Norman Foote,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

* “Barney Saltzberg, Kids Koncerts ‘96,” Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga.

July 21-28: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Wooden-O Theatre, West L.A.

July 27: “Dance It Up!,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

July 28: “Peter Alsop, Kids Koncerts ‘96,” Theatricum Botanicum.

Aug. 4: “Craig ‘n Co,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

* “Dave Kinnoin, Kids Koncerts ‘96,” Theatricum Botanicum.

Aug. 10: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

Aug. 11: “Linda Arnold, Kids Koncerts ‘96,” Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga.

Aug. 17: “Classic Fun,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

Aug. 18: “Melora Marshall, Kids Koncerts ‘96,” Theatricum Botanicum.

Aug. 18-25: “Macbeth,” Wooden-O Theatre, West L.A.

Aug. 24: “Sing!,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

Aug. 29-Sept. 2: “Moonlight Madness,” Santa Monica Playhouse, Santa Monica.

Aug. 31: “Romeo and Juliet,” John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

JAZZ

May 31: Dan Bagasoul Band, Santa Monica College Concert Hall.

* Rippingtons, Hyatt Newporter, Newport Beach; Maynard Ferguson, Probst Theatre, Thousand Oaks.

May 31-June 1: Mike Clark and Benny Maupin, Club Brasserie.

June 1: Makina Loca, San Juan Capistrano Regional Library.

June 2: Buddy Collette, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

June 4-9: Cedar Walton, Phillip Harper, Ralph Moore and Victor Lewis, Catalina Bar & Grill, Hollywood.

June 6: Ray Charles, Orange County Performing Arts Center.

* Charlie Haden’s Quartet West, MOCA.

June 7: Norman Brown, Strunz & Farah, Glen Ellen Summer Jazz Series, Hyatt Newporter, Newport Beach.

* Art Davis Quintet, L.A. County Museum of Art.

June 7-8: Eric Reed at Jazz Hall, Santa Barbara.

* Gary Foster, Alan Broadbent at Club Brasserie.

June 8: Al Jarreau, Orange County Performing Arts Center.

* Rippingtons, Greek Theatre.

June 11: Jack DeJohnette, Catalina Bar & Grill.

June 14: Roseanna Vitro-Gary Bartz, Jazz Bakery.

June 15: Katoja, San Juan Capistrano Regional Library.

June 15-16: Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl.

June 16: Shelly Manne Celebration, Jazz Bakery.

June 17: Jack DeJohnette, Jazz Hall, Santa Barbara.

June 18-23: Horace Silver, Catalina Bar & Grill.

June 19: David Sanborn, Orange County Performing Arts Center.

* Buddy Collette, California Plaza.

June 19-23: Stanley Turrentine, Jazz Bakery.

June 19: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Long Beach Museum of Art.

July 21: Frank Capp’s Juggernaut, L.A. County Museum of Art.

June 23: Gilberto Gil, House of Blues.

* Bill Holman Orchestra, L.A. County Museum of Art.

June 24: Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Bakery.

July 26: Vinny Golia Quintet, L.A. County Museum of Art.

June 26-30: Art Farmer, Jazz Bakery.

June 28: David Benoit, Hyatt Newporter.

June 29: Michael Franks, David Benoit, Wilshire Theatre.

July 5-7: Michael Wolff, Catalina Bar & Grill.

July 7: Buddy Childers Big Band, L.A. County Museum of Art.

July 11-14: Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Jazz Bakery.

July 16-21: Ahmad Jamal, Jazz Bakery.

July 23-28: Michel Camilo, Catalina Bar & Grill.

July 24-28: Marcus Roberts, Jazz Bakery.

July 30: Tom Harrell, Leon Parker-Steve Wilson Duo, Catalina Bar & Grill.

Aug.1-3 and 8-10: Gerry Gibbs, Ravi Coltrane, Billy Childs, Club Brasserie.

Aug. 3: Jazz Pilgrimage ‘96, John Anson Ford Theatre.

Aug. 6-12: James Carter, Catalina Bar & Grill.

Aug. 7: Manhattan Transfer, Shirley Horn, Turtle Island String Quartet, Hollywood Bowl.

Aug. 9-11: Long Beach Jazz Festival, Rainbow Lagoon Park.

Aug. 10: “A Grand Night of Latin Jazz,” John Anson Ford Theatre.

* Tito Puente, Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Aug. 11: Grover Washington Jr., Etta James, Jazz Crusaders, Keiko Matsui, Hollywood Bowl.

Aug. 13-19: J.J. Johnson, Jazz Bakery.

Aug. 14: Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Hollywood Bowl.

Aug. 15: Herbie Hancock, Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Aug. 16: Hiroshima, Norman Brown, Greek Theatre.

* Dori Caymmi, California Plaza.

Aug. 30: L.A. Classic Jazz Festival, LAX Doubletree hotel.

MUSIC

May 28: Pierre Boulez conducts the final L.A. Philharmonic New Music Group concert of the season, at the Japan America Theatre.

May 31-June 2: The 50th annual Ojai Festival this year hosts conductor-composer Pierre Boulez and the L.A. Philharmonic, among others, at Festival Bowl in Ojai.

June 22: The Anderson String Quartet opens a revived Chamber Music Festival at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State L.A.

June 29: The L.A. Baroque Orchestra plays at the Ford Amphitheatre.

* Saim Akcil leads the Festival Orchestra at Luckman Fine Arts Complex.

July 2-4: John Mauceri leads the Fourth of July Fireworks Concerts at Hollywood Bowl, with special guest John Denver.

July 6: Veteran composer Lukas Foss presides over a six-hour marathon at Hollywood Bowl noting the facility’s 75th anniversary.

* The New York-based ensemble Speculum Musicae visits Cal State University Summer Arts at Cal State Long Beach.

July 7: Operatic mezzo-soprano Delores Ziegler appears for CSU Summer Arts at Cal State Long Beach.

July 9: Veteran American conductor Robert Shaw opens the 75th Hollywood Bowl season with Mahler’s massive Eighth Symphony, the “Symphony of a Thousand.”

July 10: American pianist Andre Watts plays a recital at Hollywood Bowl.

July 11: Robert Shaw conducts the L.A. Philharmonic, L.A. Master Chorale and soloists in Verdi’s Requiem.

July 12-14: John Mauceri leads the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in a Gershwin evening at the Bowl.

July 13: The Southwest Chamber Music Society opens a three-concert series at the Huntington Library in San Marino.

July 15: The Eroica Trio plays at the Ford Amphitheatre.

July 16: Conductor Matthias Bamert returns to Hollywood Bowl, with Canadian pianist Louis Lortie.

* Ricardo Cobo and the Newman-Olman Duo play on the guitar series at the CSU Summer Arts fest.

July 17: Superstar flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal and associates give a recital at Hollywood Bowl.

* Baritone Earle Patriarco sings for CSU Summer Arts at Cal State Long Beach.

July 19-20: John Mauceri conducts the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Bowl in “Festa Italiana,” with opera singers Diana Soviero and Richard Leech.

July 20: Lucinda Carver conducts her L.A. Mozart Orchestra at the Ford Amphitheatre.

* Carl St.Clair leads the Pacific Symphony in a summer season program at Irvine Meadows; the soloist in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto is Alain Lefevre.

July 23: Esa-Pekka Salonen is conductor, Yo-Yo Ma the solo cellist with the L.A. Philharmonic at Hollywood Bowl.

July 25: The L.A. Guitar Quartet and James Tyler appear on the guitar series at CSU Summer Arts in Long Beach.

July 26: John Alexander leads the Pacific Chorale and the Pacific Symphony in Carpenter Center at Cal State Long Beach.

July 28: Soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna make their Hollywood Bowl debuts, with John Mauceri conducting the Bowl Orchestra.

July 29: Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the L.A. Philharmonic New Music Group and piano soloist Nikolai Lugansky in a program at the Ford Amphitheatre.

July 30: Valery Gergiev brings the Kirov Orchestra and Kirov Opera Chorus to Hollywood Bowl for a Prokofiev program.

Aug. 2-4: The annual Hollywood Bowl Tchaikovsky Spectacular hosts Russian musicians: Valery Gergiev leads the Kirov Orchestra and Kirov Opera Chorus, and the piano soloist is Nikolai Lugansky.

Aug. 5: Alexander Toradze & Friends make music by Stravinsky at the Ford Amphitheatre.

Aug. 6: Conductor Simon Rattle and the L.A. Philharmonic host violin soloist Sarah Chang at Hollywood Bowl.

Aug. 13: Nicolas McGegan leads the L.A. Philharmonic, with fortepianist Robert Levin and violinist Mark Baranov as soloists, at Hollywood Bowl.

Aug. 20: L.A. Philharmonic principal concertmaster Martin Chalifour plays Lalo’s “Symphonie Espagnole” at the Bowl.

Aug. 21: John Mauceri conducts music by American composers, as soprano Sylvia McNair returns to Hollywood Bowl.

Aug. 24: Jerry Rubino lead the L.A. Master Chorale in a pops program at the Ford Amphitheatre.

Aug. 30-31: Composer John Williams leads the L.A. Philharmonic in another program of his music at Hollywood Bowl; soloist is baritone Jubilant Sykes.

POP MUSIC

May 26: Sophie B. Hawkins, Galaxy Theatre.

May 26: R. Kelly, LL Cool J, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

* Marshall Tucker Band, Normandie Casino.

May 27: Tijuana No, House of Blues.

May 28: Sophie B. Hawkins, House of Blues.

* May 28: Guttermouth, Palace.

May 29: Modern English, House of Blues.

May 30: Ani DiFranco, Galaxy Theatre.

* Angela Bofill, Mark Isham, House of Blues.

May 31: Ani DiFranco, Ventura Theatre.

* The Mavericks, Greek Theatre.

* Lynyrd Skynyrd, Doobie Brothers, Blockbuster Pavilion.

* Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Universal Amphitheatre.

* The Turtles, House of Blues.

June 1: Robert Cray Band, Little Feat, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Dixie Hummingbirds, McCabe’s.

* 7 Mary 3, Palace.

* Modern English, Coach House.

* Lee Rocker, Ventura Theatre.

* Wailing Souls, House of Blues.

June 2: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Doobie Brothers, Greek Theatre.

* Ani DiFranco, Mayan Theatre.

* Jefferson Starship, House of Blues.

June 3: Wailing Souls, Coach House.

* Gary Morris, Crazy Horse.

June 4: The Verve Pipe, Coach House.

June 6: Warren Hill, House of Blues.

* The Mother Hips, Coach House.

* Moonpools and Caterpillars, Galaxy.

June 6-7: Joan Osborne, Wiltern Theatre.

* The Posies, Velocity Girl, Whisky.

June 7: The Mother Hips, House of Blues.

* Geraldine Fibbers, El Rey Theatre.

* John Renbourn, McCabe’s.

June 8: Bryndle, McCabe’s.

* Warren Hill, Coach House.

* Teena Marie, House of Blues.

June 8-9: Ana Gabriel, Universal Amphitheatre.

June 9: Ricky Van Shelton, House of Blues.

June 10: Natalie Merchant, Santa Barbara County Bowl.

* Tish Hinjosa, Galaxy Theatre.

* Ricky Van Shelton, Crazy Horse.

June 11: Natalie Merchant, Open Air Theatre, San Diego State University.

June 12: Alanis Morissette, Santa Barbara County Bowl.

* Southern Culture on the Skids, Roxy.

* Tish Hinojosa, House of Blues.

June 13: Dwight Yoakam, David Ball, Universal Amphitheatre.

June 13-14: Natalie Merchant, Greek Theatre.

* Maldita Vecindad, House of Blues.

June 15: KROQ Weenie Roast with KISS, Korn, Red Hot Chili Peppers, others, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

* Buckwheat Zydeco, House of Blues.

* Millie Jackson, Universal Amphitheatre.

June 15-16 and 18-19: Alanis Morissette, Greek Theatre.

June 16: Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Universal Amphitheatre.

June 19: Scorpions, Alice Cooper, Firehouse, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Koko Taylor, House of Blues.

June 20: Napalm Death, Palace.

* Alison Krauss, Wiltern Theatre.

* Alanis Morissette, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

June 21: Beausoleil, House of Blues.

June 22: Alanis Morissette, Del Mar Fairgrounds.

* Scorpions, Alice Cooper, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

* Junior Wells, House of Blues.

* 311, Hollywood Palladium.

* Patti LaBelle, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Tower of Power, War, Greek Theatre.

* Dwight Yoakam, Santa Barbara County Bowl.

June 22-23: Mariachi U.S.A. with Mariachi Cobre, Mariachi Internacional de Mexico, others, Hollywood Bowl.

June 23: Tori Amos, Santa Barbara County Bowl.

* Stylistics, Dramatics, Chi-Lites, Greek Theatre.

* Jose Jose, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Gilberto Gil, House of Blues.

June 26: Bronski Beat, House of Blues.

June 26-27: Bay City Rollers, Viper Room.

June 27: Lowen and Navarro, House of Blues.

June 28: Al Green, Universal Amphitheatre.

June 28-29: Bobby (Blue) Bland, Charles Brown, House of Blues.

June 28-30: Tori Amos, Greek Theatre.

June 29: Raul Di Blasio, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Gillian Welch, McCabe’s.

July 1: Malathini and the Mohatella Queens, House of Blues.

July 2-4: John Denver with John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl.

July 3: The Specials, the Glass House.

July 5: The Specials, Palace.

* Celia Cruz, House of Blues.

July 6: Fishbone, Pennywise, NOFX, others, Olympic Velodrome.

July 7: Chicago with John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl.

* “Hootenanny ‘96” with Jerry Lewis, Social Distortion, others, Oak Canyon Ranch.

July 9: Joan Armatrading, Richard Thompson, Universal Amphitheatre.

July 10: Acoustic Alchemy, Coach House.

July 12: Peabo Bryson, George Duke & Rachelle Ferrell, Greek Theatre.

July 13: Lucero, Universal Amphitheatre.

July 18: Engelbert Humperdinck, Greek Theatre.

July 20-21: Sunsplash World Tour ’96 featuring Big Mountain, Dennis Brown, Capleton, Sugar Minott, Judy Mowatt, SKOOL Band, Greek Theatre.

July 21-22: Kool and the Gang, House of Blues.

July 25: Phoebe Snow, Coach House.

July 27: Sunsplash World Tour ’96 featuring Big Mountain, Dennis Brown, Capleton, Sugar Minott , Judy Mowatt, SKOOL Band, at Santa Barbara County Bowl.

July 27: Phoebe Snow, House of Blues.

July 29: The Chieftains and Nanci Griffith, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 2: Johnny Clegg featuring Juluka, King Sunny Ade, Santa Barbara County Bowl.

Aug. 3: Joe Cocker, Buddy Guy, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 6: Joe Cocker, Buddy Guy, Blockbuster Pavilion.

Aug. 7: Johnny Clegg featuring Juluka, King Sunny Ade, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 8: Gloria Estefan, Forum.

Aug. 9: Steely Dan, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

Aug. 9-10: Crosby, Stills & Nash, Greek Theatre.

* Judy Collins with John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl.

Aug. 10: The Cure, Forum.

Aug. 12: Steely Dan, Hollywood Bowl.

Aug. 13: Gloria Estefan, Pond of Anaheim.

Aug. 14: Styx, Kansas, Greek Theatre.

Aug. 16: Styx, Kansas, Blockbuster Pavilion.

Aug. 16: Burning Spear, House of Blues.

Aug. 17: k.d. lang, Santa Barbara County Bowl.

Aug. 17-18: B.B. King, Neville Brothers, Greek Theatre.

Aug. 18: Sting, Santa Barbara County Bowl.

* Randy Newman with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl.

* Soul and Funk starring Isaac Hayes, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 20-21: Neil Diamond, Pond of Anaheim.

* Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Peter Frampton, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 20-21, 23-24: Sting, Greek Theatre.

Aug. 21: Smashing Pumpkins, Forum.

Aug. 22: Air Supply, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 23: Smashing Pumpkins, Pond of Anaheim.

* Lorrie Morgan, Pam Tillis, Carlene Carter, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 24: Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Peter Frampton, Blockbuster Pavilion.

* Linda Ronstadt with the San Diego Symphony, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 25: John Tesh, Universal Amphitheatre.

* Linda Ronstadt with the San Diego Symphony, Blockbuster Pavilion.

Aug. 26: Celine Dion, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 27: Allman Brothers Band, Greek Theatre.

Aug. 27-28: Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Universal Amphitheatre.

Aug. 30: Sting, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

Aug. 31-Sept. 1: R. Kelly, Greek Theatre.

THEATER

Through June 2: “Human Scratchings,” Court Theatre.

* “I Am a Man,” Fountain Theatre.

* “Othello,” Laguna Playhouse at the Moulton Theatre, Laguna Beach.

* “Marvin & Mel,” Actors Alley at the El Portal, Van Nuys.

Through June 9: “Time and Again,” Old Globe Theatre, San Diego.

Through June 16: “All in the Timing,” International City Theatre, Long Beach.

* “The Night of Hernan Cortes (La Noche de Hernan Cortez),” Bilingual Foundation of the Arts.

Through June 25: “White House Chicks ‘96,” Complex Theatre.

Through June 30: “An Inspector Calls,” Ahmanson Theatre.

Through June 15: “Valley Song,” La Jolla Playhouse.

Through June 23: “In the Moonlight Eddie,” Pasadena Playhouse.

Through June 30: “The Fools,” Santa Monica Playhouse, Santa Monica.

May 23-June 30: “Psychopathia Sexualis,” Mark Taper Forum.

* “Anne of a Thousand Days,” CBS Studio Center, Studio City.

May 24-June 1: “Fiddler on the Roof,” Burbank Civic Light Opera, Starlight Bowl.

May 24-July 7: “Heartbreak Help,” Cast-at-the-Circle.

May 24-July 14: “Full Court Press,” West Coast Ensemble at the Lex.

May 25-July 3: “Chapter Two,” Theatre 40, Beverly Hills.

May 28-June 6: “San Diego Jewish Arts Festival,” Lyceum Theatre, Horton Plaza.

May 30-June 16: “25 Psychics,” Highways, Santa Monica.

May 31-June 16: “Camelot,” Grove Theatre, Upland.

May 31-June 30: “Arms and the Man,” South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa.

May 31-July 7: “Weldon Rising,” City Garage, Santa Monica.

May 31-July 14: “Gravity Shoes,” Hudson Avenue Theatre.

June 1-30: “God Said, ‘Ha!,’ ” Coronet Theatre.

June 1-July 14: “Cementville,” Odyssey Theatre, West L.A.

June 1-July 21: “The Lark,” Knightsbridge Theatre, Pasadena.

June 1-July 28: “City of Angels,” Colony Studio Theatre.

June 3-July 3: “Chapter Two,” Theatre 40, Beverly Hills.

June 4-9: “My Grandmother Prayed for Me,” Pantages Theatre.

* “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

June 5-8: “M. Butterfly,” L.A. Theatre Works, DoubleTree Guest Suites, Santa Monica.

June 7-16: “Nunsense,” (Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities), Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center.

June 7-23: “Annie Get Your Gun,” La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.

June 7-July 28: “The Hollow,” Knightsbridge Theatre, Pasadena.

June 9-30: “Black Dawn,” Ivar Theatre.

June 12-Aug. 10: “El Salvador,” Tiffany Theatre.

June 14-16: “La Brea Woman,” Ivy Substation, Culver City.

June 14-30: “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” Shakespeare Orange County, Chapman University, Schweitzer Mall Stage, Orange.

June 14-30: “The Adding Machine,” Grove Theater Center, Festival Amphitheatre, Garden Grove.

June 14-July 6: “Damn Yankees,” PCPA Theatrefest, Festival Theatre, Solvang.

June 15-July 28: “Avenue X,” Odyssey Theatre, West L.A.

June 16-23: “Common Ground Festival: Plays, Performance, Process,” Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theatre, UCLA, Macgowan Hall.

June 16-July 14: “Boy,” La Jolla Playhouse.

June 16-Sept. 15: “The Tempest,” Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga.

June 21-23: “Laughter From the Children of War,” South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa.

June 21-30: “Eating Raoul,” Riverside Civic Light Opera, Landis Auditorium.

June 22-July 28: “Dinah Was,” Coast Playhouse, West Hollywood.

June 22-Aug. 4: “Lucky Stiff,” Odyssey Theatre, West L.A.

June 22-Aug. 25: “Mad Forest,” Matrix Theatre.

June 25-30: “The Birthday of a Century,” Cornerstone Theatre, California Plaza’s Watercourt.

June 25-July 27: “Three by Tennessee,” Fountain Theatre.

June 26-29: “Present Laughter,” L.A. Theatre Works, DoubleTree Guest Suites, Santa Monica.

June 29: “An Evening With Bill Maher of ‘Politically Incorrect,’ ” La Jolla Playhouse.

July 6-Aug. 10: “The Taming of the Shrew,” Old Globe Theatre, Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, San Diego.

July 6-Sept. 14: “The Threepenny Opera,” Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga.

July 10-Aug. 25: “Carousel,” Royal National Theatre, Ahmanson Theatre.

July 12: “Groundlings Take Out the Trash,” Groundling Theatre, West Hollywood.

* San Francisco Mime Troupe, Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Cal State Long Beach.

July 12-21: “La Cage Aux Folles,” Riverside Civic Light Opera, Landis Auditorium.

July 12-27: “You Can’t Take It With You,” PCPA Theatrefest, Festival Theatre, Solvang.

July 12-28: “Damn Yankees,” La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.

* “The Desert Song,” Fullerton Civic Light Opera, Plummer Auditorium.

* “Bye Bye Birdie,” Music Theatre of Southern California, San Gabriel Civic Auditorium.

July 12-Aug. 4: “The Natural Look,” Hermosa Civic Theatre, Hermosa Beach.

July 12-Aug. 18: “Lips Together, Teeth Apart,” Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara, Alhecama Theatre.

July 12-Sept. 1: “1996 Theatre on the Green Season: ‘Murder Among Friends’ and ‘Move Over Mrs. Markham,’ ” Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton.

July 13-20: “Othello,” Shakespeare Festival/LA, Japanese Gardens, grounds of the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration.

July 13-27: “Camelot,” PCPA Theatrefest, Allan Hancock College, Marian Theatre, Santa Maria.

July 13-Aug. 17: “American Buffalo,” Old Globe Theatre, Cassius Carter Centre Stage, San Diego.

July 14-Aug. 25: “We Tell Stories,” MacArthur Park, Long Beach.

July 16-21: “Stomp,” Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa.

July 17-Sept. 1: “FritzCON ‘96--The Other Convention!,” Fritz Theatre, San Diego.

July 18-Aug. 10: “Macbeth,” Shakespeare Orange County, Chapman University, Waltmar Theatre, Orange.

July 19-July 21: “An Inspector Calls,” California Center for the Arts, Escondido.

July 19-Aug. 3: “Festival Latino,” South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa.

July 19-Aug. 4: “49th Annual Old Miners Days,” Big Bear Lake.

July 20-Aug. 24: “The Compleat Works of Willm Shkspr (Abridged),” Old Globe Theatre, San Diego.

July 21-Aug. 25: “Camping With Henry and Tom,” Pasadena Playhouse.

July 21-Aug. 11: “The Whole World Is Watching,” San Diego Repertory Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, Horton Plaza.

July 22: Guillermo Gomez-Pen~a, Studio Theatre, Cal State Long Beach.

July 25-Sept. 1: “Changes of Heart,” Mark Taper Forum.

July 27-Aug. 25: “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe,” PCPA Theatrefest, Allan Hancock College, Marian Theatre, Santa Maria.

July 28-Aug. 25: “The Green Bird,” La Jolla Playhouse.

Aug. 1-Sept. 14: “Orpheus Descending,” Fountain Theatre.

Aug. 2-17: “Camelot” PCPA Theatrefest, Festival Theatre, Solvang.

Aug. 2-Sept. 7: “Notes on a Blind Spot,” Theatre of NOTE.

Aug. 3-17: “You Can’t Take It With You,” PCPA Theatrefest, Allan Hancock College, Marian Theatre, Santa Maria.

Aug. 3-Sept. 15: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga.

Aug. 8-Sept. 8: “Hello, Muddah, Hello, Fadduh!,” Theater League, Forum Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

Aug. 9-24: “Romeo and Juliet,” Grove Theater Center, Festival Amphitheatre, Garden Grove.

Aug. 10-Sept. 15: “Sunday in the Park With George,” Musical Theatre Company, Festival of the Arts, Forum Theatre, Laguna Beach.

Aug. 11-Sept. 8: “Happy Days,” La Jolla Playhouse.

Aug. 15-Sept. 7: “Tartuffe,” Shakespeare Orange County, Chapman University, Waltmar Theatre, Orange.

Aug. 23-Sept. 7: “Woody Guthrie’s American Song,” PCPA Theatrefest, Festival Theatre, Solvang.

Aug. 24-Sept. 7: “1776,” PCPA Theatrefest, Allan Hancock College, Marian Theatre, Santa Maria.

Aug. 29-Sept. 2: “Moonlight Madness,” Santa Monica Playhouse, Santa Monica.

Aug. 30-Sept. 7: “West Side Story,” Burbank Civic Light Opera, Starlight Bowl.

Aug. 31-Oct. 5: “Macbeth,” Old Globe Theatre, Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, San Diego.