Saturday the 7th
Actor Jim Jarrett is going it alone all summer long. He will be portraying one of the most influential acting teachers of the 20th century, Sanford Meisner, in the one-man play, “Meisner.” Having spent several years playing Van Gogh in Leonard Nimoy’s one-man show, “Vincent,” Jarrett is used to flying solo on stage. Besides that, he was the legendary teacher’s protégé for four years, so he had to have learned something about commanding an audience. The production’s director is Jarrett’s fellow Meisner student Michael Sanville Schoenholt.
Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. Through Aug. 26. $20. Hayworth Theatre, 2509 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. (800) 838-3006. ” target=”_blank”>http://www.gesher.co.il/english/.
Monday the 9th
 is airing a not-to-be-missed documentary, “Spielberg on Spielberg,” that will bring you closer than you ever thought possible to the living legend. Speaking candidly about his meteoric rise in Hollywood, Spielberg guides you through his colossal successes and occasional failures, followed by a screening of that all-time summer favorite, “Jaws,” and the innovative classic “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”</p>
<p><i>8 p.m. (documentary), 9:30 p.m. (“Jaws”), 1:30 a.m. “Close Encounters.” <br />
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<p><big><b>Tuesday the 10th</b></big></p>
<p>The 400-year-old curse of Macbeth has haunted many famous actors: Alec Baldwin badly slashed his co-star’s hand during a sword fight while playing Macbeth; Laurence Olivier almost died when a 25-pound stage weight fell within an inch of him; and during Charlton Heston’s production of Macbeth, he was burnt in the groin. Filmmakers Tammy Caplan and Joe Gold bring the theater curse to the silver screen in “Never Say Macbeth,” making its world premier at Dances With Films tonight. Unfortunately, the up-and-coming producers also brought the curse on themselves — the production staff suffered through stolen cars, broken fingers, severe allergic reactions, power outages, harddrive crashes, car accidents and more. </p>
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7:15 p.m. $10. Sunset 5, 8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood.
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What’s a nice Jewish boy from a close-knit Brooklyn family doing in Biloxi, Miss., in 1943? He’s going through basic training, of course, and experiencing love and sex for the first time in his sheltered life. Eugene Morris Jerome, played by jewlicious Josh Radnor (“How I Met Your Mother”), is the central character in Neil Simon’s quasi-autobiographical “Eugene Trilogy.” The second installment of the hilarious series is “Biloxi Blues,” which will be recorded live tonight at the Skirball for the radio theater program, “The Play’s the Thing.”
Through July 15. $20-$46. Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 827-0889. ” target=”_blank”>http://www.athenatheatre.com.
Friday the 13th
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