Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Theater. Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Dinner With Friends,” opens Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood, playing Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 4 and 8:30 p.m.; and Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m., plus a special matinee Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. Ends Oct. 29. $20-$42. (310) 208-5454, (213) 365-3500.

* Museums. More than 100 items drawn from one of the great repositories of ancient art will be included in “Egyptian Treasures From the British Museum,” opening Oct. 7 at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $17; seniors and students, $15; youth 5-18, $11; children under 5, free. Ends Jan. 2. (877) 250-8999.

* Dance. Dancer-actor Leonard Crofoot presents his docudrama “Nijinsky Speaks” Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, 24244 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu. $30. (310) 456-4522.

* Dance. Choreographer Licia Perea creates a full-length dance-drama from the life and career of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in “Frida,” to be performed Oct. 7 at 4 and 7:30 p.m. in the Village at Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood. $15. (323) 860-7300.