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FRIDAY

Prival Productions presents “Annie” the Broadway hit musical

starring Mollie Crandell and Isabella Wingate, who are sharing the

lead role. Performances are 7 p.m. Fridays and 3 and 6 p.m. Saturdays

through Oct. 1. Tickets are $15, with group discounts available. For

reservations, call (818) 566-4468. The Gene Bua Theatre, 3435 W.

Magnolia Blvd., Burbank.

The Stepping Stone Players present “The Music Man” by Meredith

Willson at 7 p.m. tonight at the Hoover High School Auditorium, 651

Glenwood Road, Glendale. Performances are at 7 p.m. Fridays and

Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 25. American Sign Language

interpretations will be on Sept. 18 and 25. Tickets are $12, $8 for

children 10 and under. For more information, call (818) 548-3180.

A Noise Within launches its new season with Shakespeare’s

“Othello” starting in preview performances at 8 p.m. tonight.

Previews continue at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sept. 21 and 22 and 7 p.m.

Sunday. The play opens at 8 p.m. Sept. 23 and closes Dec. 8. Tickets

are $26 for previews, $45 for opening nights and from $32 to $36 for

regular performances. For reservations, call (818) 240-0910, ext. 1.

The theater is at 234 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale.

The Falcon Theatre opens its new season with “Barbra’s Wedding,”

by Daniel Stern, beginning preview performances at 8 p.m. tonight at

the theater, 4252 Riverside Drive, Burbank. It stars Daniel Stern and

Crystal Bernard. An out-of-work television actor and his wife examine

their own marriage in the midst of the madness surrounding their

famous neighbor, Barbra Streisand’s, elaborate Malibu wedding ... an

event to which they are not invited. Previews continue through Sept.

22. Preview prices range from $25 to $27.50. The play opens at 8 p.m.

Sept. 28. Performances continue at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays

and 4 p.m. Sundays until Oct. 9. For reservations, call (818)

955-8101.

SATURDAY

City of Burbank’s “80th Anniversary Celebration” Park, Recreation

and Community Services Exhibit opening reception from 1 to 4 p.m. at

the Creative Arts Center Gallery, 1100 W. Clark Ave., Burbank. The

show continues through Sept. 29. For more information, call (818)

238-5397.

Jax Bar & Grill has live entertainment every night of the week.

Tonight it’s L.A. Jones. The schedule for the rest of the week is

Mason Casey, Sunday; Karla Kelly, Monday; Bruce Lofgren, Tuesday;

Bill Wysaske, Wednesday; Jack Sheldon, Thursday; and Nina Beck with

Andy Cowan, Friday. Entertainment hours are 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Mondays

through Saturdays and 8 p.m. to midnight Sundays. Jax is at 339 N.

Brand Blvd., Glendale. For more information, call 500-1604.

SUNDAY

Garri Dance Studio is offering open houses from 1 to 4 p.m. each Sunday in September to encourage pre-registration for fall dance

classes for ages toddler to adult. The studio is at 1719 W. Verdugo

Ave., Burbank. For more information, call (818) 846-4390.

Glendale Community Concerts Assn. of Glendale sponsors a program

of music and dancing presented by the Chookasian Armenian Concert

Ensemble and Zvartnots Dance Ensemble at 2:30 p.m. at the Glendale

High School auditorium, 1440 E. Broadway, Glendale. Sen. Charles

Poochigian will be master of ceremonies. Donation is $15. For

reservations, call (818) 248-3133.

MONDAY

Musical Theatre Guild presents the musical “Do Re Mi” in a staged

reading at 7:30 p.m. at the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd.,

Glendale. The play is a pop music satire revolving around Hubie, a

man on the verge of his “big success,” and his long suffering wife,

Kay. The book is by Garson Kanin and music by Jule Styne with lyrics

by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It is directed by Lewis Wilkenfeld.

Tickets are $35 and can be reserved by calling (818) 243-2539.

SEPT. 21

A Decoupage and Paper-crafting Workshop will be given by Marty

Heebner, owner of Half the Sky jewelry, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. today

at Brand Studios at Brand Library and Art Center in Brand Park, 1601

W. Mountain St., Glendale. The cost is $40. Advance registration is

necessary and can be made by calling (818) 907-8695 or check out the

website at www.halfthesky.biz.

SEPT. 24

Family Fun Days series continues at 2 p.m. today at GTC Burbank.

Tickets are $8, $5 for Burbank residents, and are available at the

door. The theater is at 1111-b W. Olive Ave., Burbank. For

reservations, call (818) 288-3855 or go online to www.gtc.org.

Whites Gallery and Segil Fine Art Source are co-hosting “Jardins

en Plein Air 2005” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at a private Glendale

estate. Tickets are $10, which include entrance to the private

gardens where the artists will be working and admission to the

evening reception and silent auction for the sale of their paintings.

Proceeds will help fund the $500 Best of Show award. The paintings

will be framed and moved to Whites Gallery, 2414 Honolulu Ave.,

Montrose, for the reception and silent auction from 7 to 9 p.m. For

tickets, call (626) 358-5563.

New Horizons Family Center’s 11th annual gala fundraiser “An

Evening at the Copacabana,” featuring entertainment by the legendary

Charo at the Los Angeles Marriott Downtown, 333 S. Figueroa St., Los

Angeles. Silent auction begins at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and

program. Proceeds benefit the center’s programs such as counseling,

family literacy, English as a Second Language classes, child care,

after-school tutoring, recreation activities like basketball and

folkloric dance. For tickets, call (818) 545-9848.

SEPT. 25

Glendale Elks Lodge #1289 will sponsor the 11th annual Charity Car

Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the lodge, 120 E. Colorado St.,

Glendale. There will be cars ranging from 1914 Ford Model T to custom

modified street cars, including a 1955 Chevy sedan. Breakfast and

lunch will be served throughout the day. For more information, cal

(818) 242-2105.

SEPT. 29

Taste of Downtown Burbank benefiting the Burbank Community YMCA,

featuring 30 restaurants and eateries and entertainment by Capt.

Cardiac & the Coronaries from 5 to 10 p.m. $25 per person in advance,

$30 on the day. The first 100 online orders

(www.tasteofdowntownburbank.com) will receive a free Captain Cardiac

& the Coronaries’ CD. Tickets may also be purchased from the Burbank

Community YMCA, 321 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank or from the Burbank

Chamber of Commerce, 200 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank.

DEC. 2

The Glendale Symphony Orchestra presents its annual “Christmas

Celebration Gala” at 8 p.m. at the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd.,

Glendale. Maestro Norman Henry Mamey will lead the musicians in

selections from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” a holiday rendition of

Mozart’s “Overture to the Marriage of Figaro,” the orchestrations of

former Glendale Symphony conductor Carmen Dragon and more. Tickets

range from $17 to $100. To purchase tickets for either event, call

(818) 243-ALEX or go online to www.alextheatre.org.

ON GOING

ON STAGE

Glendale Centre Theatre presents “The Sword in the Stone” adapted

by Craig Sabin with music by Chris P. Bacon at 11 a.m. Saturdays at

the theater, 324 N. Orange St., Glendale. Erin Villaverde is the

director. Tickets are $12.50 and $10.50 for children 12 and under.

For reservations, call (818) 244-8481. The play continues through

Nov. 19.

“Oklahomo!” by Justin Tanner has been extended until Sept. 23 at

Third Stage, 2811 W. Magnolia Blvd. in Burbank. A theatrical ensemble

rehearses an unauthorized and very gay adaptation of the Rodgers and

Hammerstein classic (reset in a leather bar) with disastrous results.

Will the Los Angeles theater community ever be the same? Performances

are at 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays. Tickets are $18, with a $5

discount for students, seniors and 4-A union members. For

reservations, call (818) 842-4755.

The West Coast Premiere of “Power in the Blood” has been extended

until Sept. 17 at the Alliance Theatre, 3204 W. Magnolia Blvd.,

Burbank. It is written by Sarah E. Bewley and directed by Jim

Blanchette. The play examines the fundamental issues of hope, faith

and how humanity relates to the Devine. It previously won awards from

Dayton (Ohio) Playhouse FutureFest, a national competition for new

plays, and the New Times Best of Miami’s “Best Locally Written Play.”

Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets are $15.

For reservations, call (800) 595-4849.

“Blake ... da Musical!” has been extended until Oct. 1 at GTC

Burbank. It’s a rock ‘n’ roll white trash fairy tale about that

fateful night Robert Blake and Bonnie Lee Bakley had dinner together.

Performances are 8 p.m. Saturdays. The theater is at 1111-b W. Olive

Ave., behind Izay Park, in Burbank. For reservations, call (818)

288-3855 or go to www.gtc.org. Tickets range from $23 to $30 with $5

discounts for students, seniors and Burbank residents.

“Indoor/Outdoor,” written by Kenny Finkle, is being produced by

the Colony Theatre Company in Burbank. It’s a romantic comedy about

an overly pampered housecat, Samantha, who is falling madly in love

with the handsome outdoor wildcat Oscar and only a thin pane of glass

keeps them apart. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2

and 7 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 18. Tickets range from $30 to $40

with student, senior and group discounts available. For reservations,

call (818) 558-7000, ext. 15. The theater is at 555 N. 3rd St.,

Burbank.

“Dames at Sea,” the off-Broadway musical comedy, continues at

Glendale Centre Theatre. Performances are at 8 p.m. Wednesdays

through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Saturdays until Oct. 8. Tickets can be

reserved by calling 244-8481. The theater is at 324 N. Orange St.,

Glendale.

“Tobacco Road,” a play by Jack Kirkland based on the book by

Erskine Caldwell, continues at 8 p.m. tonight at the Third Stage in

Burbank. It’s a heartbreaking comedy about the American Dream gone

terribly wrong. Performances 8 p.m. Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sundays

through Oct. 16.