Best Bets: Sunday 11/15

5 pm: Theater

“Only a Kingdom,” Judith Shubow Steir’s romantic musical based on the love affair that rocked a kingdom in the ‘30s--between England’s heir to the throne, Edward VIII, and American divorcee Wallis Simpson--has its West Coast premiere.

* “Only a Kingdom,” Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, Sunday, 5 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays-Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 5 and 9 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m. Ends Dec. 20. $13.50-$42.50. (800) 233-3123.

7:30 pm: Comedy

For five years, Beth Lapides’ “Un-Cabaret” show at LunaPark has given stand-up comedians a place to vent about oddball childhoods, invasive medical traumas and auditioning for lame sitcoms. Regulars have included Kathy Griffin, Janeane Garofalo and Dana Gould. Sunday at 7:30 p.m. “Un-Cab,” as it’s known to initiates, celebrates its fifth anniversary with a special show called “You Are Here: The Un-Cabaret 5th Anniversary Show.” Comedian and “Un-Cab” founder Lapides hosts the evening, which features Margaret Cho, David Cross and Bob Odenkirk (of HBO’s “Mr. Show”), Scott Thompson, Greg Behrendt and Michael Patrick King.

* “You Are Here: The Un-Cabaret 5th Anniversary Show,” 655 N. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood. $10. (310) 652-0611.

all day: Art

A mid-career survey devoted to the provocative works of Los Angeles sculptor Charles Ray opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art, and you can be sure it won’t be dull. From 8-foot mannequin sculptures to a life-sized toy ladder truck, from a monochrome crashed Grand Am to a cast-iron tub filled with black dye, Ray’s works offer an unsettling look at everyday life. The survey will cover Ray’s career from 1973 to the present, and will include early performance sculptures from the early 1970s and 1980s, object-oriented abstract sculptures from the late 1980s, figurative works from the early 1990s, and recent works involving film.

* “Charles Ray,” Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 S. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles. Through March 15. Museum hours: Tuesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Admission: Adults, $6; students and seniors, $4; children under 12, free. Admission is free to all on Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. (213) 626-6222.

7:30 pm: Music

From Russia, the Kirov Orchestra plays a virtuoso program when it visits the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Valery Gergiev, the orchestra’s latest celebrated conductor, leads excerpts from Wagner’s “Parsifal,” Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” and Scriabin’s “Prometheus: Poem of Fire,” with piano soloist Alexander Toradze.

* The Kirov Orchestra plays in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. $11-$65. (213) 850-2500.

all day: Museum

Once again the Petersen Automotive Museum shows us that Americans’ love affair with our cars starts early--sometimes before we can drive. Opening Saturday, “Pedal Cars: Kid-Sized Classics” traces the evolution of the toys--and the real-life cars they were meant to represent--from 1901 to 1989. At the same time, the museum opens “Cars and Culture: Photographic Images of the 20th Century,” with images from Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Frank and Alex Harris.

* “Pedal Cars: Kid-Sized Classics” and “Cars and Culture: Photographic Images of the 20th Century” at the Petersen Automotive Museum, 6060 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. Exhibits open Saturday and close March 14. Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Adults, $7; senior citizens and students, $5; children 5-12, $3. (323) 930-CARS.

all day: Museum

An exhibit of rare Faberge artifacts, including the famous jeweled eggs, opens Sunday at the Reagan Library. The House of Faberge is best known for the eggs made for the Russian imperial family in the late 1800s and early 1900s. But other objets d’art--including a crystal polar bear with ruby eyes and a “Moon Clock” with diamond-set stars--will be among the 28 pieces on loan from Forbes magazine. Forbes’ Faberge collection is second only to that of the queen of England.

* “Regal Splendor: Masterpieces from the House of Faberge,” at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley. Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m., except holidays, through Jan. 10. Adults, $4; seniors, $2; children, free. (800) 410-8354.

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FREEBIES

Cuban American pianist Nohema Fernandez plays music from the late 19th century at the United University Church at USC at 3 p.m. (213) 740-8609.

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Percussionist-flutist-saxophonist Derf Reklaw plays jazz at Borders Books, 2110 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, 8 p.m. (562) 799-0486.