Musical

Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” opens Friday in Granada Hills--the first of the Granada Theatre’s new “Broadway in Concert” series. The production will be a pared-down concert of the show’s music, sans costumes and sets. In 1998 production with James Lapine won three Tonys, including best book and best score. It also won the 1988 Drama Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award for best musical. The show has such classic fairy-tale characters as Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood woven into the folk tale of the Baker and his Wife.

* “Into the Woods”; Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Granada Theatre, 18167 Chatsworth St., Granada Hills. $17.50. (818) 363-6887. Ends April 7.

Classical

Conductor Gary Pratt will lead the CSUN Symphony on Friday in a program of new works by new composers in a more casual than usual concert setting in Northridge’s Performing Arts Center.

* CSUN Symphony; Friday, 8 p.m.; Cal State Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. $5-$10. (818) 677-2488.

Classical

The New Valley Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of James A. Swift, will give a free concert Sunday in Burbank. The program will include works by Robert Schumann, Richard Fisk and Stephan Chandler. Cellist Janice Foy will be a featured soloist.

* New Valley Symphony Orchestra; Sunday, 2 p.m.; Forest Lawn, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Burbank. Free. (818) 986-6688.

Comedy

The Internal Revenue Service is rarely funny, but Stanley Rich has written a musical comedy about his 15-year battle with the government bureaucracy. Rich’s “Taxpayer, Taxpayer” will be performed Sunday evening in Encino at Valley Beth Shalom. The show features song parodies such as “How to Handle an Audit” (“How to Handle a Woman” from “Camelot”); “If I Only Used My Brain” (“If I Only Had a Brain” from “The Wizard of Oz”) and “On My Case Again” (“On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson).

* “Taxpayer, Taxpayer”; Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; Valley Beth Shalom, 15739 Ventura Blvd., Encino. $25 includes dessert reception after the show. (818) 788-8139.