Irvine’s new Backstage Theatre & Co. will...

Irvine’s new Backstage Theatre & Co. will open its doors for the first time this weekend--not with a show but with two seminars on breaking into the entertainment industry (10 a.m to 2 p.m. on Saturday; 11 a.m.to 3 p.m. on Sunday). Actors Paul Kreppel (from TV’s “It’s a Living”) and Danielle Brisebois (late of “Archie Bunker’s Place”) and Bobby Hoffman of ABC casting (“General Hospital” and other shows) will be there, said Backstage co-founder Al Valletta. At 2691 Richter Ave., Suite 105. Admission: $50 for parent and child for Saturday’s session; $15 for each additional family member; $75 on Sunday, adults only. For information: (714) 474-0792.

Two international music and dance events are slated for June at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa. Northern Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar will make his first Orange County appearance at 8 p.m. on June 2, under the sponsorship of the Orange County Historical and Cultural Foundation. The 65-member Imperial Bells of China will appear at 8 p.m. on June 3 and at 2 p.m. on June 4. The troupe, from Hubei Province, will present music and dances of the “Warring States” period in China, 475-221 BC, using replicas of bells and other 2,400-year-old instruments. Information: (714) 556-7287.