Theater

* “Burning Blue”--The drama about persecution of gays in the military, with Tim DeKay, left, and William Sadler, is at the Court Theatre.

* “Puttin’ on the Ritz”--Carol Lawrence and six other Broadway performers present a revue of Irving Berlin classics at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

* “Backstreet”--

The musical about a family of women in a Jewish brothel in 1905 New York City opens Saturday at the Santa Monica Playhouse.