4 & 7:30 pm: Theater

Al Pacino makes his first Los Angeles stage appearance, starring in and directing Eugene O’Neill’s short drama “Hughie,” about a 1928 New York City hustler talking to a hotel’s new night clerk after coming off a bender triggered by the funeral of the previous clerk.

* “Hughie,” Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles. Sunday, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Through July 25. $29 to $40. (213) 628-2772.

11 am: Art

The abstract spiritual works of American sculptor and painter Tobi Kahn will be included in the retrospective exhibition “Metamorphoses,” opening Sunday at the Skirball Cultural Center. The first retrospective devoted to Kahn will feature 43 paintings inspired by American spiritualist landscapes and 19 “sacred shrine” sculptures.

* “Tobi Kahn: Metamorphoses,” Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. Ends Aug. 26. Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Adults, $8; students and seniors, $6; children under 12, free. (310) 440-4500.

8 pm: Dance

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the locally based, internationally known Jazz Tap Ensemble dances rep favorites and new works by guest artist Gregory Hines and co-founder-artistic director Lynn Dally at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. The program represents the biggest event in the company’s ongoing tap festival, which also includes the following lectures, panels, workshops and performances in Culver City: July 1, Jazz Tap Ensemble performance at the Jazz Bakery; July 1-3, Kids on Tap Rhythm Fest, Conjunctive Points Dance Center; July 2, tap video lecture-demonstration with Cholly Atkins at Conjunctive Points; July 3, Jazz Tap Ensemble performance at Conjunctive Points.

* Jazz Tap Ensemble, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. E., Hollywood. 8 p.m. $20. (323) GO 1-FORD. Performance on July 1, 8 p.m., at the Jazz Bakery, 3233 Helms Ave., Culver City. $20. (310) 475-4412. Festival events through July 3 at Conjunctive Points Dance Center, 3631 Hayden Ave., Culver City. $5 to $15 per event. (310) 475-4412.

4 pm: Jazz

The late Andy Simpkins was the first-call bassist of choice for many great jazz musicians and a close associate of such stars as pianist George Shearing, vocalists Sarah Vaughn, Joe Williams and Carmen McRae and pianist Gene Harris of the Three Sounds. A veritable who’s who of jazz names is expected to turn out to celebrate Simpkins’ life--singers Ernie Andrews and Barbara Morrison, saxophonists Jeff Clayton and Pete Christlieb, drummer Jeff Hamilton and an entire orchestra of bassists under the direction of John Clayton among them--in this benefit concert to help pay the late maestro’s medical bills.

* Tribute to Andy Simpkins, Musicians’ Union, 817 N. Vine St. Hollywood. 4 p.m. $15; $25 per couple. (323) 469-6800.

8 pm: Pop Music

With her second album, “Spirit,” recently passing the 3 million sales mark in the U.S., San Diego’s Jewel is one of the ‘90s generation’s reigning singer-songwriters. On the eve of the release of a new single, “Jupiter,” she plays her largest Southern California show to date.

Jewel, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, 8800 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine. 8 p.m. $20 to $29.50 (714) 855-4515.

3 pm: Music

This month, Symphony in the Glen offers music by Mozart, Holst, Tchaikovsky and Richard Greene in an all-strings concert in Griffith Park. Arthur B. Rubinstein conducts these free performances, which continue through Oct. 24.

* Symphony in the Glen plays near the merry-go-round in Griffith Park. 3 p.m. Free. (213) 955-6976.

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FREEBIES: A kids’ crafts class in African wire animals, Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles. 2-4 p.m. (213) 485-4474.

New works in a variety of print techniques will be featured at the Self-Help Graphics Annual Print Exhibition, Tardeada-Open House and Fund-raiser. 3802 Cesar E. Chavez Ave., East L.A. 1-5 p.m. (323) 881-6447.