7:30 & 10:30pm Pop Music

How many roads must a man walk down? . . . One of Bob Dylan’s most famous lyrics can apply, in a way, to the singer himself, who is spending his after-the-flood years not as a remote legend, but as a hard-working touring musician. Playing a rare small-venue date at the Sun Theatre, Dylan has a new song, “Things Have Changed,” to add to the canon.

* Bob Dylan, Sun Theatre, 2200 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $45. (714) 712-2700.

all day Movies

Gary Sinise and Tim Robbins head the cast of “Mission to Mars,” a futuristic space adventure set in 2020. The film, directed by Brian de Palma (“Snake Eyes,” “Mission: Impossible”), centers on a rescue mission to the fourth planet from the sun that is launched when NASA receives a cryptic distress call from the first group of astronauts to land on Mars. Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen and Jerry O’Connell co-star. “Mission to Mars” is the first of two high-profile Mars adventure movies to open this year. Warner Bros.’ “Red Planet” with Val Kilmer will open in the fall.

* “Mission to Mars,” which is rated PG for violence and mild language, opens Friday in general release.

7:45pm Theater

“The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” Martin McDonagh’s critically acclaimed seriocomic play about a demanding, controlling mother, her spinster daughter and the unexpected suitor who shakes up their lives, makes its Southern California premiere.

* “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tuesdays-Sundays, 7:45 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends April 9. $26 to $45. (714) 708-5555.

8pm Theater

Arye Gross heads the cast in “Sleep! I Want You to Sleep!,” Paul Verdier’s new translation of Georges Feydeau’s farce about the chaos that ensues when a servant tries to reverse roles with his master.

* “Sleep! I Want You to Sleep!,” Stages Theatre Center, 1540 N. McCadden Place. Thursdays-

Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m. Ends April 30. $18. (323) 465-1010.

8pm Theater

Calling itself “The Corporate Coalition of True White America” and using tactics culled from motivational speaking, an L.A.-based white supremacist group attempts to capture the national media scene in Larry Gold’s dark comedy “Sons of Lincoln.” With Bill Fagerbakke, as the charismatic Lincoln, Chad Allen, Glynn Turman and Joel Polis.

* “Sons of Lincoln,” Lillian Theater, 1076 N. Lillian Way. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m. Ends May 14. $20. (310) 289-2999.

8pm Pop Music

Straight outta Belgium, the Lords of Acid are back on the road, spicing up today’s staid pop landscape with their over-the-top panorama of aggressive eroticism and industrial/dance rock.

* Lords of Acid, with Praga Khan and DJ Genaside, at the Palace, 1735 N. Vine St., Hollywood, 8 p.m. $21.50. (323) 462-3000. Also Saturday at the Ventura Theatre, 26 S. Chestnut St., Ventura, 8 p.m. $20. (805) 639-3965.

8pm Music

American organist Joan Lippincott opens the 67th Los Angeles Bach Festival with a recital of the composer’s works. The festival continues through the closing concert, March 19, when festival forces, conducted by Thomas Somerville, present Bach’s “St. Matthew” Passion.

* Joan Lippincott opens the 67th Los Angeles Bach Festival, First Congregational Church, 504 S. Commonwealth Ave., Los Angeles, 8 p.m. $7 to $11. (213) 385-1345.

Freebies

Set in 2010, Shishir Kurup’s “An Antigone Story” is subtitled “A Greek Tragedy Hijack.” Cornerstone Theater’s production features Page Leong as Antigone and Amy Brenneman (“Judging Amy”) as Eurydice. At the Getty Center’s Harold M. Williams Auditorium, 8 p.m. Also Saturday, 2:30 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Reservations required. (310) 440-7300.