Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Theater. “Enigma Variations,” Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s drama, with Donald Sutherland starring as a reclusive Nobel Prize-winning author, opens next Thursday at the Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles, playing Tuesdays through Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 2:30 p.m. through June 13. $29 to $40. (213) 628-2772.

* Dance. Using a combination of spoken texts, visual imagery, dance movement and classic opera arias, David Rousseve’s “Love Songs” explores concepts of gender, beauty and freedom May 7-8 at 8 p.m. in Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Westwood. $20 (students) to $28. (310) 825-2101.

* Pop. Aerosmith, the bad boys from Boston, takes “It’s a Little South of Sanity” world tour to the Hollywood Bowl at 7:30 p.m. on May 7. $28 to $88. (213) 480-3232.