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“Copenhagen”--Did a mysterious 1941 meeting in Copenhagen between two Nobel Prize-winning physicists affect the outcome, nuclear and otherwise, of the 20th century? Michael Frayn’s eloquent, carefully wrought “Copenhagen” is about that meeting between Niels Bohr, a methodical Dane, and his brash colleague and friend Werner Heisenberg, the German behind the “uncertainty principle” of particle physics. Rather than flatfooting his way down the path of docudrama, laying out a single version of events, Frayn revels in multiple possibilities, various what-ifs and scenarios.... It’s a ghost story, a science seminar and, movingly (though not melodramatically), an investigation of conscience.

From the review by Michael Phillips

Wilshire Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, (213) 365-3500, (714) 740-7878. Today and Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Ends Sunday. $25-$60.

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Also ending this weekend:

“Aida”--Another Disney enterprise with Elton John-Tim Rice songs weighing down the center. In the title role, Simone (daughter of Nina Simone) dominates the show, challenged only by scenic and costume designer Bob Crowley. “Aida” closes Saturday at the Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., L.A., (213) 628-2772. Today, Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. $25-$75.

“Blast!”--The touring brass and drums extravaganza closes Sunday at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, (714) 556-2787. Today and Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. $22-$57.

“Slow Dance on the Killing Ground”--William Hanley’s drama, circa 1962, about three diverse characters who connect in a Brooklyn candy store closes Sunday at the Ventura Court Theatre, 12417 Ventura Court, Studio City, (818) 773-7899. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 and 7 p.m. $18-$20.

“Metamorphoses: The Transformative Vision of Junko Chodos”--The exhibition of the Japanese artist’s collages and drawings ends Saturday at the Long Beach Museum of Art, 2300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, (562) 439-2119. Today-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

“Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art From the Broad Collections” --L.A. mover and shaker Eli Broad’s private collection of modern and contemporary art closes Saturday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., (323) 857-6000. Today, noon-8 p.m.; Friday, noon-9 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

“Aaron Siskind and Franz Kline: Expression Through Abstraction” and “Matta in America: Paintings and Drawings of the 1940s”--Both exhibitions end Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 S. Grand Ave., L.A., (213) 626-6222. Today, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

“Romance & Ritual: Celebrating the Jewish Wedding”--The show of marital traditions and objects ends Saturday at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., L.A., (310) 440-4500. Today-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.