Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Theater. “The First Picture Show,” a new play with music by Ain Gordon and David Gordon, with music by Jeanine Tesori, opens next Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles. It plays Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2:30 p.m. through Sept. 19. $29-$40. (213) 628-2772.

* Theater. The activist San Francisco Mime troupe brings its latest musical, “City for Sale,” about urban gentrification, to the Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring St., downtown Los Angeles, playing next Thursday-Aug. 14, 8 p.m.; Aug. 15, 2 p.m. $15-$20. (213) 485-1681.

* Jazz. The 12th annual Long Beach Jazz Festival, held near the scenic Rainbow Park lagoon in sight of the Queen Mary, includes appearances by guitarist Lee Ritenour and Chuck Mangione on Aug. 13; trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, rap godfather Gil Scott-Heron and vocalist Phyllis Battle on Aug. 14; and conguero Poncho Sanchez, keyboardist Joe Sample and vocalist Layla Hathaway on Aug. 15. Aug. 13, 7 p.m., and Aug. 14-15, 2 p.m., at Rainbow Lagoon Park, Long Beach. $26-$135. (562) 436-7794; https://www.longbeachjazzfestival.com.