Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Theater. Julie Kavner, Julianna Margulies and Rosie Perez will kick off a long-term engagement of the return of Eve Ensler’s international hit show, “The Vagina Monologues,” featuring a different celebrity cast every three weeks, beginning Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. at the Canon Theatre, 205 N. Canon Drive in Beverly Hills. Regular schedule: Tuesdays-Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 5 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 and 7 p.m. $25-$49.50. (310) 859-2830, (213) 365-3500.

* Theater. Valerie Harper performs as Nobel Prize-winning writer and social activist Pearl S. Buck in “All Under Heaven,” the solo show she co-wrote with Dyke Garrison. Opens Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. at the Ivar Theatre, 1605 N. Ivar Ave., Hollywood. It plays Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Ends Nov. 5. $32.50-$40; gala opening with post-show “East-Meets-West Street Celebration,” $250. (213) 365-3500, (323) 461-7300, (310) 657-3270.

* Museums. The California African American Museum presents “Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks,” a traveling retrospective of photographs organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, running Oct. 14-Dec. 30. In addition, the artist’s feature and documentary films will screen at the museum in the special series “The ‘Reel’ Gordon Parks.” 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. (213) 744-2060.

* Dance. In its first U.S. tour, the Ratan Thiyam Chorus Repertory Theatre of India performs the epic drama “Uttar-Priyadarshi” (The Final Beatitude) on Oct. 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. in Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Westwood. $9 (students) to $35. (310) 825-2101.

* Dance. Locally based dancer-choreographer Karen Goodman presents her solo dance drama “Close Dancing” on Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. in the Luckman Theatre on the campus of Cal State L.A., 5151 State University Drive. $12 (students, seniors)-$20. (213) 343-6600.