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Music

Jong Hoon Bae conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” with stage direction by Mako.

South Bay Opera, Marsee Auditorium, El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance. (310) 329-5345. 8 p.m. Also Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m.

Theater

Six female B-movie horror stars attend the fictional International GlamaGore ScreamCon convention in the return of Scott Martin’s musical spoof of the genre.

“Scream Queens--The Musical,” Magicopolis, 1418 4th St., Santa Monica. (818) 789-6066. 10 p.m. Regular schedule: Friday-Saturday, 10 p.m. Ends March 18.

Dance

Victoria Marks presents her “Father/Daughter Dances” and film-dance “Men.”

Dance Building 200, UCLA, Westwood. (310) 825-2101. 8 p.m. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.

Pop Music

Is there a doctor in the house? Could be--as Yvette Freeman, who plays Nurse Haleh Adams on “ER,” performs tunes from her album “A Tribute to Dinah Washington.”

Cinegrill, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd. (323) 466-7000. 8 p.m. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.