Friday 7/13

8pm

Theater

Charles Marowitz directs a new version of Christopher Fry’s blank-verse play “The Lady’s Not for Burning,” about two people whose fates collide: an ex-soldier who wishes to be hanged and a woman, accused of witchcraft, who desperately wants to live.* “The Lady’s Not for Burning,” Malibu Stage Company, 29243 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, 8 p.m. Regular schedule: Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 5 p.m. Ends Aug. 26. $20. (310) 289-2999.

8pm

Music

Call it sisterpalooza. The Sister Celebration at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater will mix song, dance and poetry into a program that defies genre. On the bill are the six-woman African percussion and vocal group ADAAWE; the dance group Swing Brazil; alternative-folk-soul singer Cee Cee Michaela and others.* Sister Celebration 2001, John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood, 8 p.m. $20. (323) 461-3673.

8pm

Dance

With its town drunk and other nontraditional staging ideas, Sylvie Guillem’s bold 1998 revision of “Giselle” hasn’t exactly delighted conservative balletomanes. But the chance to see Guillem in the title role has made a hot ticket of the production’s American premiere by Milan’s venerable Teatro alla Scala Ballet at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Laurent Hilaire--like Guillem a former Paris Opera Ballet luminary--dances Albrecht with her on Friday and Sunday, and Massimo Murru is cast in the role opposite her on Saturday night. At the Saturday matinee, however, the doomed peasant girl and her disguised noble lover will be played by Gilda Gelati and Riccardo Massimi. * “Giselle,” Teatro alla Scala Ballet, Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $20 to $80. (714) 556-ARTS.

8pm

Music

For his last three performances as leader of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles--after 14 years--Jon Bailey leads a program celebrating the songs of Stephen Sondheim. Titled “Simply Sondheim,” this tribute to the composer-songwriter includes guest vocalist Joanna Gleason, a Tony Award-winning stage, film and television actress.* “Simply Sondheim,” Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, 8 p.m. Also Saturday, 8 p.m., and Sunday, 3 p.m. $15 to $35. (800) 636-7464.

8:30pm

Music

For his annual summer weekend at the Hollywood Bowl on the podium of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, beloved film composer John Williams leads a program called “John Williams Movie Memories” that includes music from “Cowboys,” “Superman,” “Born on the Fourth of July,” “Hook” and “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” as well as “Jubilee 350” and “Celebration 2000.”* John Williams conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $3 to $85. (323) 850-2000.

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Movies

A murderers’ row of acting--Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett and Marlon Brando--lines up for “The Score,” an action-heist film from director Frank Oz. De Niro plays a veteran criminal, accustomed to working alone, who is paired with upstart Norton for one last caper.* “The Score,” rated R for language, opens Friday in general release.