PLAN AHEAD: NEXT WEEKEND

* “American Impressionists Abroad and at Home, Paintings From the Metropolitan Museum of Art,” opens Jan. 27 at the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. Through April 22. $3-$8. (619) 232-7931.

* LACMA’s “California Underground Thursday” series continues Jan. 25 with avant-garde films concerned with water, power and land. Bing Theatre, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., $5-$7. (323) 857-6010.

* The David Parsons Dance Company performs Jan. 24-25 in Campbell Hall on the campus of UC Santa Barbara. $13-$25. (805) 893-3535.

* “Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine,” Warren Leight’s new play about twin brothers and former big band musicians opens next Thursday at the Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., L.A. (213) 628-2772.

* “Bosoms and Neglect,” John Guare’s 1970s comedy about two psychiatric patients, opens Jan. 26 at South Coast Repertory, Second Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. (714) 708-5555.

* “Smoke on the Mountain,” a new musical from the creators of “Oil City Symphony,” opens Jan. 26 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada. Ends Feb. 11. $35. (562) 944-9801.