Today’s Best Bets

Theater

Nancy Dussault, Davis Gaines, Dorian Harewood, Gregory Harrison, Dale Kristien, Michele Lee, Hal Linden, Maureen McGovern, Jennifer Paz and Jean Smart are only a handful of more than three dozen performers slated to appear in “A.B.C.--Adler, Bock & Coleman.” The musical extravaganza, the 15th annual S.T.A.G.E. (Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event) AIDS benefit, pays tribute to Richard Adler, Jerry Bock and Cy Coleman.

* Luckman Theatre, Cal State L.A., 5151 State University Drive. Today and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. $30 to $150. (323) 993-7411.

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Danny Glover and Felix Justice star in their collaborative performance “An Evening With Langston and Martin,” featuring Justice’s nationally touring portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. and Glover’s theatrical readings from the works of celebrated writer Langston Hughes. A question-and-answer session with the actors will follow the performance.

* Beckman Auditorium, Caltech campus, Pasadena, 8 p.m. $27-$35, (888) 222-5832. (Also Saturday at California Center for the Arts in Escondido.)

Pop Music

The up-and-coming L.A.-based rappers Black Eyed Peas are servin’ up a side of rhymes tonight.

* El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 936-4790, 9 p.m.

Screenings

The British are never funnier than in their television commercials, as witnessed in the British Advertising Broadcast Awards--in fact, by American standards, they’re outrageous.

* L.A. County Museum of Art, Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 857-6010. 7 and 9:15 p.m.