PLAN AHEAD: NEXT WEEKEND
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* Rising R&B; singer Jill Scott performs next Thursday at the Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City. $33.50-$53.50. (213) 480-3232.
* Donald Byrd and the Group perform a program of excerpts titled “Little Byrds” on Wednesday in Bovard Auditorium, USC, Los Angeles. $8-$15. (213) 740-7111.
* “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow’s romantic musical set in the swinging nightclub scene of the 1940s, will be presented Tuesday-Feb. 25 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena, $26-$66. (213) 365-3500, (626) 449-7360.
* “Strike Up the Band,” David Ives’ concert adaptation of the musical by George and Ira Gershwin and George S. Kaufman, plays Wednesday-March 4 at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse, Westwood. $55. (310) 825-2101.
* “Mamma Mia!,” Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus’ new musical based on the songs of ABBA, plays Feb. 26-May 12 at the Shubert Theatre, 2020 Avenue of the Stars, Century City. $40-$70. (800) 447-7400.
* The American Cinematheque’s “Recent Spanish Cinema” series, featuring a tribute to Ventura Ponsat, screens Feb. 23-March 11 at the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. $5-$7. (323) 466-3456.
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