Last Chance: Ends This Weekend

* Theater. “The Beard of Avon,” Amy Freed’s new comedy-literary fantasy concerning the actual authorship of Shakespeare’s plays, closes Sunday at the South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Today, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2:30 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. $28 to $49. (714) 708-5555. * Theater. “American Buffalo,” a taut and funny revival of David Mamet’s comedy about bungling small-time crooks, closes Sunday at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach. Today, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 and 7 p.m. $34 to $43. (949) 497-ARTS. * Theater. “Orson’s Shadow,” Austin Pendleton’s drama about a collision of passions and egos when Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles are brought together by theater critic Kenneth Tynan to collaborate on a 1960 production of Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros,” closes Sunday at the Black Dahlia Theatre, 5453 Pico Blvd., L.A. Today through Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m. $15. (323) 525-0070.* Photography. “Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography After the Revolution,” a survey of some 80 photographic works by 16 artists, closes Sunday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. Today., noon to 8 p.m.; Friday, noon to 9 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, 11 a.m. 8 p.m. Adults, $7; seniors and students, $5; children 6 to 17, $1; children 5 and under, free. (323) 857-6000.