Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet is a double-bill of short plays featuring "Keep Your Pantheon" (a world premiere stage production) and his earlier piece, "The Duck Variations." Both are directed by Neil Pepe. In Mamet's new farce, "Keep Your Pantheon," an impoverished acting company on the edge of eviction is offered a lucrative engagement and life is finally on the upswing.

Center Theatre Group, in association with Steve Linder and IMG Artists, presents “Freakin’ Sweet! An Evening of Music and Comedy with ‘Family Guy’s’ Alex Borstein and Seth MacFarlane,” on Saturday, May 10 at 8 p.m. This one-night-only event will take place at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and benefits CTG’s New Play Production Program.

Bollywood star Asha Bhosle debuts at Walt Disney Concert Hall Sunday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m., for a one-night-only performance that covers the legacy of a passionate, prolific, and versatile singer. Amit Kumar joins Bhosle to help honor her musical journey with songs from her latest release: 75 Years of Asha: A Musical Journey.

The J. Paul Getty Museum has announced the acquisition of Irving Penn’s unique master set, The Small Trades. Initially created in 1950 and 1951 in London, New York, and Paris, The Small Trades consists of 252 full-length portraits of skilled tradespeople in their work clothes and carrying the tools of their respective trades, photographed in natural light against a neutral backdrop.

The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of an exceptional painting by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) that dates to his first extended stay in Tahiti. Arii Matamoe (The Royal End) (1892) joins the Museum’s collection of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings, which includes works by van Gogh, Cezanne, Monet, Degas, and Renoir.

Stephane Deneve, recognized internationally as a conductor of the highest caliber, leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in three performances at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Thursday and Saturday, March 6 and 8, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 9, at 2 p.m.

Eva Ayllon, one of Peru's foremost Afro-Peruvian musicians, debuts at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday, March 7, at 8 p.m. With a recording career that spans over 30 years and 20 albums, Ayllon is one of the leading interpreters of Peru's musica criolla, and is deservedly known as the Queen of Lando. This performance is part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2007/2008 World Music series.

At the upcoming 23rd annual Los Angeles Marathon, runners who cross the finish line will be able to quickly quench thirst and replace lost nutrients with a cup of squeezed-fresh orange juice courtesy of Robeks Fruit Smoothies and Healthy Eats, a national franchisor featuring premium, made-to-order fruit smoothies.

Superstar Chinese pianist Lang Lang returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall to treat audiences to his unique presentation and flair, Tuesday, March 4, at 8 p.m. The evening’s program includes Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333, Schumann’s Fantasie in C major, Op. 17, Los Requiebros from Granados Goyescas and two pieces by Liszt – Isolde’s Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat major, S.244/6.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association’s 2007/2008 Toyota Symphonies for Youth (TSFY) concert series at Walt Disney Concert Hall continues on Saturday, March 1, at 11 a.m., with Nathaniel Stookey’s The Composer is Dead, an orchestral whodunit that leaves no instrument unturned. The program repeats on Saturday, March 8, at 11 a.m.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association’s 2007/2008 Jazz Series continues on Sunday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. with A Tribute to Ella, an evening that celebrates Ella Fitzgerald’s 90th birthday year. Special guest vocalists Ann Hampton Callaway, T.C. Carson, Ledisi, Mark Murphy, Janis Siegel and music director Patrice Rushen join a swingin’ big band for a special program dedicated to the First Lady of Song.

Brooklyn-based indie rock band Grizzly Bear debuts at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Saturday, March 1, at 9 p.m. The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Grizzly Bear perform for this co-headlining concert that pairs orchestral and experimental-rock repertoire for a cohesive program that aims to break boundaries between genres and generations. The orchestra does not perform together with Grizzly Bear.