Last Chance Theater

Last Chance Theater

“Delirium Palace”--Playwright Gordon Dahlquist loves his oblique games. Irene (Lauren Campedelli) is being grilled by Pierson (Christian Leffler). She’s amnesiac. She believes herself to be an American doctor, lost in some foreign port city. She remembers a red door, beckoning, and then a white room, people wearing headphones.... There’s an archness to the writing, and before it’s quite over, the play starts chasing its own tail. Yet it’s highly stageworthy. And this Evidence Room production, staged with wicked precision by Bart DeLorenzo, brings out every ounce of its atmospheric possibilities. (From the review by Michael Phillips)

“Delirium Palace,” at Inside the Ford, John Anson Ford Theatre Complex, Hollywood, (323) 461-3673. Today through Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. Ends Sunday. $15 to $20.

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Also closing:

“Central Avenue,” Stephen Sachs’ drama about 1940s L.A., where jazzmen and corrupt cops shape the landscape. Shirley Jo Finney directs. Fountain Theater, 5060 Fountain Ave., Hollywood, (323) 663-1525. Today through Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $25.

“A New Brain,” the musical by “Falsettos” team William Finn and James Lapine, choreographed by Todd Nielsen. West Coast Ensemble, 522 N. La Brea Ave., L.A., (323) 525-0022. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. $30.

“Lure of the West: Treasures From the Smithsonian American Art Museum” at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, (626) 405-2100. Today through Friday, noon to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.