thursday, feb. 16
Spend the Night with Billy Crystal
A stand-up comic turned television star, Billy Crystal found fame as a movie funnyman with starring roles in blockbusters such as When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers and Analyze This. He was much loved as the acclaimed nine-time host of the Academy Awards, an achievement topped only by Bob Hope, who hosted the Oscars 19 times.
Copley Symphony Hall, 750 B Street in San Diego, 8 p.m., for tickets contact the ticket office in person or by phone, 619-235-0804, sandiegosymphony.org
friday, feb. 17
Whitney Cummings
Whitney Cummings is a Los Angeles based comedian, actor, writer and producer. Cummings is executive producer and, along with Michael Patrick King, co-creator of the Emmy nominated CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, that will return for a fifth season this September. She also wrote, produced and starred in Whitney, which aired on NBC from 2011 to 2013.
The American Comedy Company, 818B Sixth Ave. in San Diego, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., tickets $35, 619-795-3858, americancomedyco.com
saturday, feb. 18
Falstaff
San Diego Opera presents Falstaff. Sir John Falstaff is the ultimate human juxtaposition – old yet immature, hapless but manipulative, decent yet wickedly indecent. Also a man of many appetites, the lecherous Falstaff can’t resist his favorite vices – food, women and wine. Suddenly finding himself broke, he hatches a plot to cure his woes – he sends identical love letters to two married women to get his hands on their wealthy husbands’ purse strings.
San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave. in San Diego, 7 p.m., tickets from $49, 619-570-1100, sdopera.org
sunday, feb. 19
Perfect Arrangement
It’s 1950, and two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: Both Bob and Norma are gay, and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door.
Horton Grand Theatre, 444 Fourth Ave. in San Diego, 2 p.m., tickets from $38, 1-888-71-TICKETS, intrepidtheatre.org/the-season/6200-2
monday, feb. 20
Saving Banksy
This is the story of one misguided art collector’s attempts to save a Banksy painting from destruction and the auction block. Featuring some of the world’s top street artists, this film poses the question “What would you do if you owned a million dollar painting that the artist doesn’t want sold?”
Digital Gym Cinema, 2921 El Cajon Blvd. in North Park, 3:05 p.m. and 7 p.m., general admission $11, 619-230-1938, digitalgym.org
tuesday, feb. 21
American and European Folk Art
This exhibition is dedicated to three centuries of American and European folk art from the Museum’s permanent collection, with many artworks on view for the very first time. Featured items include quilts, whirligigs and weather vanes, as well as baskets and ceramic vessels.
Mingei International Museum, 1439 El Prado in Balboa Park, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., adult admission $10, 619-239-0003, mingei.org
wednesday, feb. 22
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Steve Martin continues his creative relationship with The Old Globe, returning for the third time with this clever and crowd-pleasing comedy hit. Paris, 1904: The Lapin Agile, beloved watering hole to struggling artists and would-be geniuses, welcomes two soon-to-be legends for one extraordinary night. Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein, whose egos are as big as their intellects, spar with the regulars and each other about art, science, inspiration, love, and the promise of the 20th century.
Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, The Old Globe Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park, 7 p.m., tickets from $68, 619-234-5623, theoldglobe.org
