All Day: Movies

Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming, who appeared together on Broadway in the musical “Cabaret,” have teamed to write, direct and star in the digital feature “The Anniversary Party.” The film covers 24 turbulent hours in the lives of a movie actress and her novelist-about-to-turn-director husband as they celebrate their sixth anniversary (and his recent stint in rehab). Jane Adams, Mina Badie, Jennifer Beals, Phoebe Cates, John Benjamin Hickey, Kevin Kline, Denis O’Hare, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Panes and John C. Reilly play their friends, neighbors and fellow party celebrants. * “The Anniversary Party,” rated R for language, drug use and nudity, opens Friday in select theaters.

8 pm: Theater

The 1940s black jazz scene in Los Angeles is re-created in Stephen Sachs’ play “Central Avenue,” directed by Shirley Jo Finney and starring Anthony J. Haney and Clinton Derricks-Carroll.* “Central Avenue,” Fountain Theatre, 5060 Fountain Ave., Hollywood. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends July 15. $22. (323) 663-1525.

2:30 & 8:15 pm: Movies

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers kick up their heels in the 1936 classic “Swing Time” at the Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo. George Stevens directed the duo playing a dance team whose possible romance is deterred by Fred’s engagement to a girl back home. Victor Moore and Helen Broderick provide support, andJerome Kern and Dorothy Fields wrote the songs. The Bojangles production number is considered a landmark of cinematic hoofing.

* “Swing Time,” Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 and 8:15 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30 p.m. $6 to $7. (310) 322-2592.

8 pm: Theater

Florinel Fatulescu adapted and directs French playwright Roland Dubillard’s “Diablogues,” a skewering of human foibles, language and reality.* “Diablogues,” Tiffany Theater, 8532 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m. Ends July 15. $20 and $25. (310) 289-2999.

8 pm: Theater

A 1920s nightclub dancer goes on trial for killing her lover in “Chicago--The Musical,” the revival of the sexy Kander and Ebb musical, with Bob Fosse’s signature choreography re-created by Ann Reinking.* “Chicago--The Musical,” Long Beach Performing Arts Center’s Terrace Theater, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach. Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 and 7 p.m. $34.50 to $45.50; (213) 480-3232, (714) 740-2000. Also at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena. June 12-15, 8 p.m.; June 16, 2 and 8 p.m.; June 17, 2 and 6:30 p.m. $21 to $56. (213) 365-3500, (714) 740-7878, (626) 449-7360.

8 pm: Cabaret

Babbie Green is the daughter of legendary film composer Johnny Green (“Body and Soul,” “Out of Nowhere”) and an award-winning singer-songwriter in her own right. Michael Feinstein has praised her songs as “wonderfully crafted miniatures.” Green makes a relatively rare club appearance Friday, showcasing a collection of her works titled “Soldiers of the Heart” accompanied by frequent musical associates, singers Laurie McIntosh and Kirsten Benton.* The Babbie Green Songbook, “Soldiers of the Heart” at the Cinegrill in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. 8 p.m. $15 cover charge with two-drink minimum. (323) 769-7273.

8 pm: Pop Music

From gamelan to guitar grind, jazz voicings to genre-jumping arrangements, Tortoise boasts a range and sophistication uncommon in the world of indie rock, where the Chicago band has become a standard-bearer for fearless musical exploration. The band follows a small-club show at Vynyl on Thursday with a big date at prestigious Royce Hall.* Tortoise, with Nobukazu Takemura and Jet Black Crayon, at Royce Hall, UCLA. 8 p.m. $18. (310) 825-2101.

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Freebies

Pianist Alan Pasqua, bassist Dave Carpenter and drummer Peter Erskine--a jazz trio that operates with the smooth functioning drive of a Ferrari in high gear--perform atthe Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (323) 857-6010.