PopRandy Newman made a bargain with the...

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Randy Newman made a bargain with the devil--well, at least with his Orange County fans--a few years ago at the Coach House, when he promised in an unguarded moment that he would someday come here and perform his then-unfinished musical, “Randy Newman’s Faust,” in its entirety. We’re still waiting, big guy. Grand as last year’s “Faust” release was, no one will complain if Newman strays into a wonderful catalog that goes back to 1968 and reflects a balance between the caustic and the sympathetic that has made him pop’s preeminent satiric songwriter. On the film-music front, where he also has excelled, Newman’s current opus is the score for the hit “Toy Story.”

* Who: Randy Newman.

* When: Saturday at 8 p.m.

* Where: Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine.

* Whereabouts: Exit the San Diego (405) Freeway at Jamboree Road; go south. Turn left onto Campus Drive. The theater is across from the Marketplace mall.

* Wherewithal: $22-$30.

* Where to call: (714) 854-4646.

Art

A tongue-in-cheek rip-off of the name of a famous art fair in Kassel, Germany, “Documenta” at the Huntington Beach Art Center (through March 31) nonetheless is dead serious about presenting some of the best younger artists in Southern California.

Curated by artist and alternative gallery director Bill Radawec, the show includes work by Michelle Fierro, Leonard Seagal, Rena Small, Paul Tzanetopoulos, Jody Zellen and 18 other artists working in a wide range of media and styles.

* What: “Documenta.”

* When: Through March 31. Gallery hours: Noon-6 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday; noon-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday.

* Where: Huntington Beach Art Center, 538 Main St., Huntington Beach.

* Whereabouts: Exit San Diego (405) Freeway at Goldenwest Street, going south, left on Yorktown Avenue, right onto Main Street.

* Wherewithal: $3; students and seniors $2.

* Where to call: (714) 374-1650.

Comedy

Kathleen Madigan--the diminutive Midwest-bred comic whose “Sarcasm Lite” stand-up routine often launches her head first into such heartland topics as bowling (“I was drunk and needed shoes”), hunting and cow tipping--laughs at people who tell her about relatives or friends who smoke and drank, only to die of something unrelated. Her father, for example, points to a hard-drinking, heavy-smoking uncle who was hit by a bus. “But Dad,” she says, “He was drunk, in the middle of a highway and chasing his lighter.”

* Who: Kathleen Madigan.

* When: Tonight at 8:30, Friday at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m., Sunday at 8 p.m.

* Where: Irvine Improv, 4255 Campus Drive, Irvine.

* Whereabouts: Exit the San Diego (405) Freeway at Jamboree Road; go south. Turn left onto Campus Drive. The club is in the Irvine Marketplace.

* Wherewithal: $8-$10.

* Where to call: (714) 854-5455.

Culture Pearl

Kathak dancer Anjani Ambegaokar will honor her dance guru from India, Pandit Sundarlaljee Gangani, with a program of his works Sunday at Fullerton College. Gangani will conduct the program, which will include pieces in the classical Kathak style as well as a new work by Ambegaokar, “Kathak Rhythms and World Music.”

The dancers will include Ambegaokar, her daughter Amrapali Ambegaokar (a student at UCLA), members of Ambegaokar’s company and her students. Harish Gangani, Sundarlaljee’s son and a lecturer at the M.S. University of Baroda, India, will be the tabla player.

* What: Kathak dance recital.

* When: Sunday at 4 p.m.

* Where: Campus Theatre, Fullerton College, 321 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton.

* Whereabouts: Exit the Riverside (91) Freeway at Lemon Street; go north. Turn right onto Chapman Avenue. Or take the Orange (57) Freeway to the Chapman Avenue exit. Turn left on Chapman.

* Wherewithal: $10-$20.

* Where to call: (714) 832-0082.