BEST BETS SEPT. 10-16, 2000

Theater

A harried reservations clerk at a four-star hotel, a high-strung maitre d’, an egomaniacal chef, supermodels, Wall Street high-rollers, little old rich ladies, Hollywood producers, members of the Mafia: Mark Setlock, right, plays them all in the original New York production of “Fully Committed,” Becky Mode’s solo comedy directed by Nicholas Martin. Opens Friday at the Coronet Theatre.

Also: Karen Morrow stars and John Bowab directs as Reprise! Broadway’s Best in Concert’s fourth season opens with a semi-staged production of “Call Me Madam.” The Irving Berlin-Howard Lindsay-Russel Crouse political satire is about a Washington hostess-turned-ambassador of the mythical kingdom of Lichtenburg. Opens Thursday at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse.

Art

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture hosts a free community day Saturday organized around the theme “From Beat to Pop: The Emerging Art Scene of L.A. in the Sixties.” The open house, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., will feature children’s art workshops, art and architecture tours--including the photography exhibition “American Pictures 1961-1967: Photographs by Dennis Hopper”--and lectures by Peter Frank, David James, Lewis MacAdams and Steve Erickson.

Music

Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra from St. Petersburg, Russia, play here four times this week. Tonight, with repeats Wednesday and Friday, the orchestra joins tenor Placido Domingo and distinguished international colleagues in a Wagner concert at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Monday, the orchestra plays at the Orange County Performing Arts Center with piano soloist Vladimir Feltsman.

Dance

Long the most glamorous dancer in American movies, Cyd Charisse graced dream ballets opposite Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, took on an adaptation of a Garbo role in “Silk Stockings” and defied time itself in “Brigadoon.” below. On Friday, she’ll preside over a screening of some of her finest film dances during a special tribute by State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara at the Lobero Theatre.

Pop Music

At the start of their joint tour last month, the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde kissed the stage in homage to the headliner and sang two of his songs in her band’s set. Who merits this seal of approval? Neil Young, above--still refusing to burn out or to rust. The veteran singer and his lighter-than-Crazy-Horse band team with the Pretenders at the Greek Theatre Monday and Thursday.

Jazz

The Hollywood Bowl hosts a special tribute Wednesday to the immortal Louis Armstrong. The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra will be joined by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and three of jazz’s finest trumpeters: Nicholas Payton, Roy Hargrove and Jon Faddis.

Video

Om Puri headlines the British comedy “East Is East.” Set in the early ‘70s in England, Puri plays a traditional Pakistani father who finds his seven children shunning the Muslim ways and rejecting his rules on dress and living. Adapted by Ayub Khan-Din from his hit play, “East Is East” arrives Tuesday on video and DVD.