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Photography

A new survey of more than 125 prints by German photographer August Sander offers a collective portrait of pre-World War II German society in “August Sander: German Portraits (1918-1933),” which opened earlier this week at the J. Paul Getty Museum. The survey, which is pulled from the Getty Museum’s collection--the largest holding of Sander photographs outside Germany--demonstrates how Sander strove to portray all strata of German society from peasant farmers to professionals, in the carefree period before Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.

* “August Sander: German Portraits (1918-1933),” J. Paul Getty Museum, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood. Tuesday-Wednesday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m; Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m; Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Parking reservations required except Thursday and Friday from 4 to 9 p.m. and all day Saturday and Sunday; college students need no reservations. Free. Parking $5. Ends June 24. (310) 440-7300.

7:30pm

Cabaret

Singer-actress Sally Kellerman, who earned strong reviews when she took her act to New York recently, steps in for Broadway-bound Faith Prince in the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s cabaret series.

* Sally Kellerman, Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Thursday and Friday, 9 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. $45 and $49. (714) 556-2787.

8pm

Theater

“Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight,” L.A. Theatre Works’ live radio theater production of Peter Ackerman’s screwball bedroom comedy, directed by Gordon Hunt. With Richard Kind (“Spin City”); original New York cast members Jeff Donovan and Clea Lewis; Alan Mandell, Cynthia Stevenson and Joey Slotnick.

* “Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight,” Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., L.A. Today and Friday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 4 and 7:30 p.m. $32-$36. (310) 827-0889.

8pm

Music

More than 35 years old now, the British-based Swingle Singers continue to travel, entertain and broaden musical horizons. The a cappella vocal octet returns to Southern California tonight, appearing at Pepperdine University. As usual, they sing fugues, arrangements of instrumental music, big band favorites and avant-garde pieces, among a wide-ranging repertory.

* The Swingle Singers, Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu. 8 p.m. $35. (310) 506-4522.

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FREEBIE: History and classics professor Jonathan Hall gives a lecture titled “Who Were the Greeks?” exploring the issue of ethnic identity among the ancient Greeks, in the Harold M. Williams Auditorium at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, L.A., 7 p.m. Reservations required. (310) 440-7300.