COVID watch list: ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ Ai Weiwei, Patton Oswalt

Matthew Bourne, Ai Weiwei, Patton Oswalt, Los Angeles Opera and Japanese woodblock printing all make our weekly streaming record this weekend. Right here’s the rundown of on-line live shows, theater, artwork and different tradition on your viewing consideration, all occasions Pacific.

Matthew Bourne’s “Romeo and Juliet”
Middle Theatre Group streams a filmed manufacturing of the British choreographer’s modern-dress replace of the Prokofiev ballet. 5 p.m. Thursday; 5 and eight p.m. Friday; 2, 5 and eight p.m. Saturday; 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. $10. centertheatregroup.org

Jazz at Lincoln Orchestra Septet With Wynton Marsalis
The ensemble performs the trumpet player and composer’s new work, “The Democracy! Suite” on this La Jolla Music Society presentation. 7 p.m. Saturday; accessible on demand via Feb. 23. Free. Register at ljms.org

“A Dialog With Ai Weiwei”
The artist and activist joins Skirball Cultural Middle curator Yael Lipschutz for a digital chat. 11 a.m. Sunday. Free. skirball.org, youtube.com

Patton Oswalt
The comedian, actor and writer returns in a reside standup present to profit the charity Alice’s Youngsters. 6 p.m. Friday. $20. rushtix.com

“Rianto: Hijrah”
Choreographer and dancer Rianto interrogates conventional and modern dance and gender fluidity in his native Indonesia on this collaboration with filmmaker Garin Nugroho. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. $10. redcat.org

“Artwork”
Worldwide Metropolis Theatre in Lengthy Seashore opens its thirty sixth season with a digital manufacturing of Yasmina Reza‘s Tony-winning comedy a couple of dispute between three longtime mates about what’s and isn’t artwork. Accessible on demand Thursdays-Sundays via March 7. $30 per family. ictlongbeach.org

“Dying”
Los Angeles Opera streams this three-part digital quick that tracks composer Tyshawn Sorey’s creation of a musical setting of a poem by Black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). With mezzo-soprano Amanda Lynn Bottoms and pianist Howard Watkins. Accessible anytime on demand starting Friday. Free. laopera.org, facebook.com, youtube.com

“deader than lifeless”
The Hammer Museum in Westwood presents a dialog between dance artists Ligia Lewis and Mlondi Zondi, adopted by Lewis in a filmed efficiency of this piece initially created for the Hammer’s Made in L.A. 2020 biennial. A Q&A follows. 1 p.m. Sunday. Free. hammer.ucla.edu

“Los Angeles Performs Itself”
The Autry Museum of the American West hosts a watch occasion for Thom Andersen’s exhaustive 2003 cinematic essay concerning the Metropolis of Angels on movie from the silent period to the current day. 4 p.m. Saturday. Free. theautry.org

“Threat! Reside!”
This storytelling collection hosted by “The State” writer-actor Kevin Allison returns with a brand new Zoom present. It’s a part of the 2021 First Individual Arts Anthology Pageant. 4 p.m. Friday. $29. firstpersonarts.org

“Third@First”
Organist Aaron Exhibits performs a belated Valentine’s Day-themed recital in a brand new installment of this live performance collection offered by the First United Methodist Church in Pasadena. 4 p.m. Saturday. Free. thirdatfirst.org, youtube.com

“Mars: An Creative Mission”
California Artwork Membership celebrates the deployment of NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover with this digital exhibition of sci-fi-, fantasy- and science-themed work and imagery. The exhibit consists of academic programming and artwork talks. Accessible via Might 31. Free. californiaartclub.org

“Love, Locs and Liberation”
Whitefire Theatre’s Solofest 2021 continues with writer-performer Ella Turenne’s solo drama about Black girls’s relationship with their hair. 6 p.m. Friday; accessible on demand for 48 hours. $15.99. whitefiretheatre.com

“Nature/Supernature: Visions of This World and Past in Japanese Woodblock Prints”
Greater than 60 examples of this historic printing method from the Scripps School assortment go on show on this digital exhibition offered by Japan Home L.A. On view via Might 31. Free. japanhousela.com

“The Work of Adrienne Kennedy: Inspiration & Affect”
Spherical Home Theatre in Bethesda, Md., and the McCarter Theatre Middle in Princeton, N.J., current this virtual festival that includes readings of 4 works by the octogenarian African American playwright. Accessible on demand via Feb. 28. $17.50; competition cross, $60. roundhousetheatre.org

“That Pärt Feeling: The Universe of Arvo Pärt”
The Estonian minimalist composer is profiled on this 2019 documentary. Accessible anytime. Free. allarts.org

“Girls in Science & Tradition Celebration”
Chicana activist and artist Barbara Carrasco and seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones are among the many honorees on this inaugural occasion offered by the Pure Historical past Museums of Los Angeles County. 7 p.m. Thursday. $100 and up. nhm.org

Our recurring coronavirus-era arts-viewing suggestions are posted each Thursday.