6pm Pop MusicDon’t expect a repeat at...

6pm Pop Music

Don’t expect a repeat at the well-built Palace of last week’s Detroit concert by Unwritten Law and Sugarcult, when the show stopped because the hall’s floor was caving in. (Band members placated the crowd with an impromptu acoustic set outside.) But you can expect the two Southern California stalwarts to rock with a vengeance as they near the end of their U.S. tour.

Unwritten Law and Sugarcult, with Hornswaggled, the Palace, 1735 N. Vine St., Hollywood, 6 p.m. $15. (323) 462-3000. Also Wednesday at the House of Blues Anaheim, 1530 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. $15. (714) 778-2583.

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10pm Pop Music

The Stanton Warriors’ name gives a backhanded clue to the English DJ duo’s musical nature--it’s taken from a make of manhole cover, signifying the “street” vibe of their dance mix, which incorporates such British inventions as speed garage and two-step. It’s a sound that’s made the team of Dominic B. and Mark Yardley one of the hottest arrivals in the dance world.

The Stanton Warriors, Club Sugar, 814 Broadway, Santa Monica, 10 p.m. $20. (310) 899-1989. Also Saturday.

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7pm Pop Music

Mott the Hoople die-hards will be scrambling to England next month for Ian Hunter’s shows with his old guitar sidekick Mick Ralphs, but for those staying put, the veteran rocker will play a free acoustic set at Amoeba.

Ian Hunter, Amoeba Music, 6400 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, 7 p.m. Free. (323) 245-6400.

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8pm Theater

William Inge’s infrequently staged “Bus Stop” takes a deft hand to manage the comic yet melancholy tale of the difficulties of love. Under the direction of Sabin Epstein at the classic repertory company A Noise Within, this American classic has a good chance to charm again. The ensemble cast represents a group of travelers from Kansas City, circa 1954, stranded by a snowstorm at a bus stop cafe. Bo, a brash young rodeo star with matrimony on his mind, pulls out all the stops to woo Cherie, a pretty chanteuse.

“Bus Stop,” A Noise Within, 234 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m. Also Wednesday and next Thursday, April 19, 24-25, May 2-3, 8 p.m.; April 20, May 4, 12, 18, 2 and 8 p.m. Ends May 18. $28 to $38. (818) 240-0910.

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8pm Dance

Don’t bite that apple until you’ve seen “Original Sin,” the latest project by Regina Klenjoski, a contemporary choreographer whom The Times has called “a dynamic, graceful and indefatigable presence who appears to have it all.” Working with composer Mark Fitchett and set designer Shanan Brown, she’s taken a look at the seven deadly sins and created a seven-part vehicle for her local company. Alternately comic, serious and abstract, her sinful vignettes depict the ways we subconsciously internalize classic forbidden actions and feelings, turning them into fantasies. Don McLeod appears as a guide to the Klenjoski underworld.

“Original Sin,” Regina Klenjoski Dance Company, James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, 8 p.m. Also Saturday, 8 p.m. $12 (students, seniors) to $16. (310) 781-7171.

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7:30pm Family

“The Good Times Are Killing Me,” cartoonist and author Lynda Barry’s comic, edgy look at growing up in a racially integrated urban neighborhood in the 1960s, will be presented by the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre in a production filled with pop songs of the era. It’s a child’s-eye view of a changing society, but the show’s not for young children. It’s recommended for ages 12 and older.

“The Good Times Are Killing Me,” Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 and 5 p.m. Ends Sunday. $14 to $17. (949) 497-2787.

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8pm Music

John Barnett, a conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1946 o 1958 who has since been associated with orchestras in Arizona, New York and Puerto Rico--and who led hundreds of performances with Guild Opera of Los Angeles in its heyday--has been on the USC faculty since 1986. This week, the 84-year-old musical veteran makes a rare public appearance in Los Angeles, leading the Thornton USC Chamber Orchestra in a program of music by Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Cesar Franck and Frank Martin.

John Barnett conducts the Thornton USC Chamber Orchestra, Newman Recital Hall, USC, 8 p.m. $5 to $12. (213) 740-4672.

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8pm Movies

The very first winner of the best picture Oscar in 1927, “Wings” is a World War I aerial epic with awesome combat-flying sequences. It may seem a trifle corny today but nonetheless retains tremendous verve, thanks to the lusty direction of William Wellman. Army Air Corps pals Charles “Buddy” Rogers and Richard Arlen fall in love with the same woman, a very sexy Clara Bow as the kind of “girl next door” you dream of, guiltily. Look for a brief but star-making appearance by Gary Cooper. See Screening Room, Page 15.

“Wings,” Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., Hollywood, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 1 p.m. (323) 655-2520.