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* Theater. The West Coast premiere of “Expecting Isabel,” Lisa Loomer’s comedy about a couple’s reproductive odyssey through fertility treatments, support groups, adoption facilitators and more, opens Aug. 3 at 8 p.m. at the Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles. Regular schedule: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Dark Aug. 12. Ends Aug. 27. $29 to $42. (213) 628-2772.

* Movies. A new print of Stanley Kubrick’s “Barry Lyndon” (1975) will screen at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4 and 5 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. $7 general; $5, LACMA and AFI members, seniors and students. (323) 857-6010.

* Art. A group of 100 photographs chosen by legendary photographer John Gutmann to represent his documentary and experimental photographs will be in the survey “John Gutmann: Culture Shock,” opening Aug. 6 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 S. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles. Tuesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. $6; students and senior citizens, $4; children younger than 12, free. (213) 626-6222.

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* Dance. The Lula Washington Dance Theatre stages a double header Aug. 5 at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood. At 10 a.m, Washington’s youth ensemble performs “Cinderella” and “Games.” $7. At 8 p.m., the main company dances a repertory retrospective. $15 to $20. (323) GO-1-FORD.

* Dance. Postmodern pioneer Simone Forti presents “Logomotion” Aug. 6 at 2 p.m. in the Los Angeles Central Library, 630 W. 5th St., downtown L.A. $5. (213) 228-7025.

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