Next Weekend

* Theater. The phenomenal hit celebration of Irish dance and music, “Riverdance,” opens April 10 at the Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., playing Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m. through May 3. $46-$71. (213) 365-3560.

* Theater. Frank Langella headlines as the obsessed patriarch in August Strindberg’s “The Father,” opening April 8 at the Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood, playing Tuesdays-Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 4 and 8:30 p.m.; and Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m. Ends May 3. $23-$37.50. (310) 208-5454; (800) 678-5440.

* Theater. “Arcadia,” Tom Stoppard’s brilliant tapestry of romance, art and science, opens April 10 at South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, playing Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Ends May 10. $18-$43. (714) 708-5555.

* Family. The Peking Acrobats, a troupe of 28 of China’s most gifted tumblers, contortionists, jugglers and musicians, come to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., April 9 at 8 p.m. $13.50; $16.50; $20.50. (805) 449-ARTS.