all day Movies

Irreverent filmmaker Michael Moore once again plays his favorite role--thorn in the side of corporate America--in his latest documentary, “The Big One.” This time Moore, who became famous as the scrappy but tenacious everyman who hounded GM Chairman Roger Smith for his 1989 film, “Roger & Me,” takes on Oregon-based sports-shoe giant Nike, which manufactures much of its product overseas.

* “The Big One,” Sunset 5, 8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, (213) 848-3500; NuWilshire, 1314 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 394-8099; 3199 Park Center Drive, Costa Mesa, (714) 751-4184.

Two of Italian filmmaker Vittorio De Sica’s neo-realist masterpieces, “The Bicycle Thief” (1947) and “Umberto D” (1952), will screen together at the New Beverly Revival theater. Both films--the first about a young boy’s desperate search for his stolen bicycle, and the second about a lonely old man who is stripped of all his possessions--are set in Rome. Both stories are simple, honest and pure (and could bring tears to your eyes).

* “The Bicycle Thief” and “Umberto D,” New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. Friday-Saturday. Call for show times. $2.50-$5. (213) 938-4038.

6:30 & 8:30pm

Pageant

With a cast of hundreds, flying angels and a menagerie of live animals, including a Bengal tiger, the 15th annual biblical “Glory of Easter” spectacular winds up its run before the holiday.

* “The Glory of Easter,” Crystal Cathedral, 12141 Lewis St., Garden Grove. Friday and Saturday. $20-$30. (714) 54-GLORY.

8pm Theater

Ron Campbell reprises his multi-awarding-winning solo role in Carol Wolf’s drama “The Thousandth Night (Monsieur Shaherazad),” playing the last member of an acting company, fighting to escape death in occupied France, armed only with his imagination.

* “The Thousandth Night (Monsieur Shaherazad),” Stages Theatre Center, 1540 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood, Fridays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m. Ends May 31. $15. (213) 465-1010.

8pm Theater

“Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella,” an Actors’ Gang and Cornerstone collaboration, is a three-ring-circus-style interpretation of the three tales, with an all-female “Medea,” an all-male “Macbeth” and a mixed-gender “Cinderella” (performed with the rare permission of the Rodgers and Hammerstein estate). Peter Howard is the Prince, Shishir Kurup is Macbeth, Page Leong is Medea and Christopher Liam Moore plays Lady Macbeth.

* “Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella,” Actors’ Gang Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m. Ends May 9. $15 (pay-what-you-can rush tickets on a space-available basis on Thursdays only). (213) 660-8587.

8pm Dance

The Queen of Norway saw it no less than three times and Her Royal Highness, Princess Margaret of Great Britain, a total of four. Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau wrote in these pages that he could gladly see it once a week for the rest of his life--and, no, we’re not talking about “Titanic.” The phenomenon in question is “Riverdance,” the cavalcade of Irish performing arts that played a sold-out engagement in Hollywood in 1996 and now returns to the same stamping grounds. You’ve seen the two video versions, heard the CD, read about the lawsuits and now here comes the reel thing for five weeks more. Get in step: The jig is definitely up. (A profile of “Riverdance’s” new female lead, Page XX.)

* “Riverdance,” Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Ends May 17. Tuesday-Saturday evenings, 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday matinees, 2 p.m.; Sunday evenings, 7:30 p.m. $46-$71. (213) 365-3560.

FREEBIE: The Pastels perform at No Life Records, 7209 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, 6 p.m. (213) 845-1200.