Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Theater. Cameron Mackintosh’s “Miss Saigon” opens next Thursday at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, running Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Also Sept. 20, 8 p.m.; Sept. 22, 2 p.m. Dark Sept. 6 and Sept. 13. Sign-language-interpreted on Sept. 11, 2 p.m. Ends Sept. 25. $16 to $66. (714) 740-7878; (213) 365-3500.

* Film. The American Cinematheque presents “An American Girl: The Sad-Eyed Splendor of Natalie Wood” opening next Thursday with “Splendor in the Grass,” and continuing through Sept. 12 at the Egyptian Theater, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. General admission, $7; Cinematheque members, $5. Information: (323) 466-3456 or https://www.americancinematheque.com.

* Dance. The locally based, experimental Trip Dance Theatre presents “Exquisite Corpse” on Sept. 4 at 8 p.m. in the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood. $7 (children) to $20. (323) GO-1-FORD.

* Jazz. Big bands and jam bands rule when the Terry Gibbs Dream Band, organist Jack McDuff, drummer Jeff Hamilton, singer Ernie Andrews, pianist Kenny Drew Jr., the Frank Capp Juggernaut and some 30 other top musicians gather Sept. 3 through Sept. 5 for the fifth annual West Coast Jazz Party at the Irvine Marriott, 1800 Von Karman Ave., Irvine. Daily admission is $48 to $60; three-day priority seating passes are $200 to $250. (949) 724-3602.