Theater

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe: Performed by Lily Tomlin, the solo show has been seen several times in Southern California, before and after its much-admired Broadway run in 1985-86. Now it’s at the Ahmanson Theatre, only slightly tweaked. Thank goodness no drastic changes were made, because this has always been a perfect melding of performer and material (written and directed by Tomlin’s longtime collaborator, Jane Wagner). Tomlin portrays 12 characters, mostly women. That all of the characters are embodied in one performer underscores the show’s theme: interconnectedness.

-- Daryl H. Miller

Ends Sunday at the Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. (213) 628-2772.