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Music

Music and mime: That’s the bill at the Hollywood Bowl as Marcel Marceau joins conductor John Mauceri in a program called “Vive La France,” with music by Offenbach, Ravel and others.

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Marcel Marceau, Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., (323) 850-2000. 8:30 p.m. Also Saturday, 8:30 p.m.

Music

“Let’s Go to the Movies” is the theme of the latest performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles.

Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, (323) 650-0756. 8 p.m. Also, Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.

Stage

After disappearing years ago, Agatha Christie, Aimee Semple McPherson and Amelia Earhart now turn up as characters who meet on a tropical island.

“Vanishing Point,” West Coast Ensemble, 522 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 525-0022. 8 p.m. Regular schedule: Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. In repertory with “The Balkan Women.” Ends Aug. 7.

Jazz

Veteran guitarist Mundell Lowe swings his way through bop classics.

UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 824-6365. 6:30 p.m. Free.