7:30 pm: Pop Music

Englishmen Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy led their derivative but charismatic rock band the Cult through a turbulent career that derailed in 1995. Four years later, the singer and the guitarist have reunited, and L.A. can’t wait to see the new chapter unfold--the Cult’s House of Blues engagement, which opened Monday, has grown to a whopping seven nights.

* The Cult, House of Blues, 8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. 7:30 p.m. Sold out. (323) 848-5100. Also Friday, Saturday and Monday at 9 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 p.m., sold out. Wednesday at 9 p.m., $30.

9:30 pm: Comedy

From the mouths of three guys called No Time comes music--of a sort. Rap- and hip-hop-influenced, songs like “Eat All the Old People” have enabled Billy Portman, Chas Martin and Robert Cohen to carve out a space someplace between sketch comedy artists and wannabe white guy rappers. See No Time do songs from its debut CD, “Smoke This Album,” and new stuff as well.

* No Time, LunaPark, 665 N. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood, tonight and Aug. 26 at 9:30 p.m. (310) 652-0611.

8 pm: Theater

“Let’s Hear It for the Boy” in the national tour of the hit musical “Footloose,” based on the ‘80s film about a free-spirited, dance-crazy kid who wakes up a stuffy town. The show, adapted by director Walter Bobbie and Dean Pitchford, who wrote the original screenplay, features the movie soundtrack’s Top 40 hits, including the title song and “Almost Paradise,” plus new songs written for the stage version by Pitchford and Tom Snow.

* “Footloose,” Orange County Performing Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Today-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m. (Sign-language interpreted, Saturday, 2 p.m.) $18 to $52.50. (714) 740-7878; (213) 365-3500. Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Tuesday-Sept. 5. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2 p.m. $32 to $57. (213) 365-3500.

8 pm: Theater

British theater legend Sarah Siddons, played by Nike Doukas, takes center stage in “The Affliction of Glory: A Comedy About Tragedy,” Frank Dwyer’s drama that was inspired by the Getty Center’s exhibition “A Passion for Performance: Sarah Siddons and Her Portraits.”

* “The Affliction of Glory: A Comedy About Tragedy,” Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2:30 p.m.; sign language interpretation, Aug. 29. Ends Sept. 5. $28. (213) 628-2772.

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FREEBIE: Reggae veteran Burning Spear, marking his 30th year as a performer, plays reggae on the Santa Monica Pier, 7:30 p.m. (310) 458-8900.