Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Theater. Actors’ Gang’s new, updated version of William F. Brown and Oscar Brand’s political musical comedy, “How to Steal an Election,” opens Aug. 12 at 8 p.m. at Actors’ Gang Theater, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. It plays Thursdays through Sundays at 8 p.m. through Sept. 23. $15. (323) 465-0566, Ext. 3.

* Theater. The national touring version of the 1998 Tony Award-winning staging of “Cabaret,” with Kate Shindle and Jon Peterson, opens Tuesday at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tuesday through Aug. 11, 8 p.m.; Aug. 12 and 13, 2 and 8 p.m. $33.50 to $62.50. (714) 740-7878, (213) 365-3500.

* Film. Complications arise when a smug, middle-aged businessman picks up a 19-year-old who quickly moves into his bachelor pad in Francois Ozon’s “Water Drops on Burning Rocks,” adapted from an unproduced Rainer Werner Fassbinder play, which opens Aug. 11 at the Nuart, 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles. $5.25 and $8.50. (310) 478-6379.

* Dance. Ballet Folklorico del Pacifico performs the premiere of “Mitos y Leyendas de Mexico” at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 13 at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood. $7 (children) to $22. (323) 461-3673.