So many choices for your weekend activities, so little chance of seeing them all. Here are my picks:

Friday:

Brad Mehldau and Chris Tile at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel (Season opening event for CAP UCLA). Check out my interview with Brad about collaboration elsewhere on these pages)

Mehldau and Thile perform original songs and covers in concert together
Mehldau & Chris Thile open the CapUCLA season tonight at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel

Avishai Cohen Quartet at the bluewhale (also Saturday night) Check out my interview with Avishai elsewhere on these pages.

Trumpeter Avishai Cohen’s quartet performs this weekend at the bluewhale.

Saturday:

Big Night at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (Opening night) a new comedy by Paul Rudnick (“In and Out”)

 

A new comedy by Paul Rudnick
L-R: Luke Macfarlane and Brian Hutchison in the world premiere of “Big Night” at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre. Written by Paul Rudnick and directed by Walter Bobbie. Photo by Craig Schwartz.

Amadeus Live at the Valley Performing Arts Center (live accompaniment of Mozart’s beautiful music performed here by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)

The LACO accompanies the Oscar-winning film
Photo Credit: Amadeus Live Courtesy of AVEX Classics International

Coco Peru’s Taming of the Tension at the Renberg Theater (Saturday and Sunday)

All weekend:

Of course, you can always try to go see a little musical called Hamilton at the Pantages Theatre…if you can get tickets. (If you can, you should. It really is that good.)

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