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Photography

Two new exhibitions survey one of the great American photographers in “Walker Evans & Company: Works From the Museum of Modern Art” and “The American Tradition and Walker Evans: Photographs From the Getty Collection,” at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Together, the exhibitions will explore how Evans influenced an impressive roster of photographers such as Carleton Watkins, Dorothea Lange, Paul Strand, Diane Arbus, Robert Frank and Cindy Sherman--who will all be included in the exhibitions. *

* “Walker Evans & Company: Works From the Museum of Modern Art.” Ends Sept. 16. “The American Tradition and Walker Evans: Photographs From the Getty Collection.” Ends Oct. 28. J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood. Parking reservations required except Tuesdays through Fridays from 4 to 9 p.m. and all day Saturdays and Sundays; college students need no reservations. Museum hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free. Parking, $5. (310) 440-7300.

8pm

Movies

John Cameron Mitchell’s “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” kicks off Outfest 2001, the 19th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. With annual attendance averaging more than 40,000, Outfest is the largest film festival in Southern California and since its inception in 1982 has screened more than 2,800 films and videos. Highlights of this year’s fest include Susan Seidelman’s “Gaudi Afternoon” starring Marcia Gay Harden, centerpiece film “Southern Comfort” and closing night film “All Over the Guy.” See Screening Room, Page 36.* Outfest 2001 Opening Night Gala, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” Orpheum Theatre, 824 S. Broadway St., L.A. 8 p.m. The festival runs through July 23. See special screenings for listings. Gala, $40 to $125. Screenings, $9 to $12.(323) 960-0636 or https://www.outfest.org .

8pm

Theater

Luis Valdez directs his landmark musical “Zoot Suit,” inspired by the 1943 Los Angeles Sleepy Lagoon murder case that sparked the Zoot Suit Riots. The first Los Angeles revival since its 1978 premiere, the production is presented by L.A. Theatre Works’ live radio theater series and will be recorded for later public radio broadcast.* “Zoot Suit,” L.A. Theatre Works at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., L.A., today and Friday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Dark Saturday. $34 and $38. (310) 827-0889.

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8:30pm

Pop Music

In 1994, the influential riot grrrl group Bratmobile broke up (onstage!), but the trio is back in full gear after its 1998 reunion, with the current album “Ladies, Women and Girls” adding keyboards and other new touches to the aggro foundation. Joining B-Mob in Southern Cal is DeFacto, the “dub” side project of At the Drive-In’s Omar Rodriguez and Cedric Bixler.* Bratmobile, with DeFacto, Chain Reaction, 1652 W. Lincoln Ave., Anaheim, 8:30 p.m. $8. (714) 635-6067. Also Saturday at the Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, 8 p.m. $8. (310) 276-6168.