8:30pm DanceSummer reruns gain a new edge...

8:30pm Dance

Summer reruns gain a new edge with a return engagement at Highways by provocative, parodistic Jack Kirven and Michael Mizerany on a split bill. Kirven sexualizes the tale of the nonaggressive Ferdinand in “Bull,” and Mizerany offers equally daring depictions of male sexuality in “Bump in the Road,” an offbeat look at self-gratification, and “The Box,” a user’s guide to the paraphernalia of passion. Will testosterone seem as passe as laudanum or smelling salts when they’ve finished? Will every alpha male be on the ropes? Maybe so: Kirven and Mizerany delight in skewering societal assumptions about masculinity, whether it’s Kirven as a snorting, stripping Minotaur or Mizerany satirizing erotic excess with what a Times reviewer called “a fluidity and core of authenticity that quickens the senses.”

Jack Kirven and Michael Mizerany, Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. 8:30 p.m. $15 ($13 for students with valid school ID). Also Saturday, 8:30 p.m. (310) 315-1459.

8pm Pop Music

Never heard of Keigo Oyamada? Maybe you know him better as Cornelius. No? Well, it’s true that the Japanese musician operates well out of the pop mainstream, but word is spreading. Cornelius recently released “Point,” a more atmospheric follow-up to his U.S. debut album “Fantasma,” and on his current North American tour he’s coupling music and video, giving a taste of the multimedia mind-set that has endeared him to the scouts on pop’s cutting edge.

Cornelius, with South, El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., 8 p.m. $16.50. (323) 936-4790.

all day Movies

After villainous turns in “Death to Smoochy” and “Insomnia,” Robin Williams takes on another atypical role in “One Hour Photo,” a thriller written and directed by Mark Romanek, perhaps best known for his music video work with such artists as Madonna and R.E.M. Williams plays a photo developer who deludes himself that’s he’s part of the family of one of his customers and becomes obsessed with their well-being. Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole and Eriq LaSalle co-star.

“One Hour Photo,” rated R for sexual content and language, opens Friday in general release.

8pm Theater

“Fedunn,” a new drama by Padua Playwrights Workshop/Festival founder Murray Mednick, is set in 1948 at a Catskill resort run by a Jewish family that has thrived but been profoundly changed by World War II. The play is also a valentine to the Catskills, the destination of choice for decades for vacationing New York Jewish families and singles. Mednick, who grew up there, worked at the resort as a hotel busboy and waiter.

“Fedunn,” Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A., 8 p.m. Regular schedule: Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m. Ends Oct. 13. $25. (310) 477-2055.

8pm Music

Steve Moshier’s Liquid Skin Ensemble, which describes itself as a seven-member postmodern acoustic-electric chamber ensemble and often appears in collaboration with dance troupes, plays by itself in concert in Chinatown for two nights. The program will feature an excerpted concert performance of “Shadows of the Spirit.”

Steve Moshier’s Liquid Skin Ensemble, Acuna Hansen Gallery, 427 Bernard St., Chinatown, 8 p.m. Also Saturday at 8 p.m. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended because of extremely limited seating. (323) 441-1624.

all day Movies

We’ve all heard about how “plastic” Hollywood is, or witnessed “wooden” performances, but “Simone” is the world’s first literally synthetic actress. Created by a director (Al Pacino) desperate to revive his flagging career, the digital performer becomes a media sensation that threatens to bury the frustrated filmmaker in lies and deception. Andrew Niccol--who penned “The Truman Show” and directed “Gattaca”--wrote and directed this satire of fame and fakery in Tinseltown. Catherine Keener co-stars.

“Simone,” rated PG-13 for some sensuality, opens Friday in general release.

8:30pm Music

British pianist Peter Donohoe, who last played at the Hollywood Bowl four years ago, returns for the annual (since 1969) Tchaikovsky Spectacular, with fireworks, this weekend. Donohoe will play the B-flat-minor Piano Concerto. John Mauceri conducts the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; the program also includes “Romeo and Juliet,” music from “Swan Lake” and, with the fireworks display, the “1812” Overture.

Tchaikovsky Spectacular, Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, 8:30 p.m. $3 to $90. Also Saturday, 8:30 p.m. (323) 850-2000.