Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Theater. August Wilson’s “Jitney,” about a gypsy cab company in 1970s Pittsburgh, opens next Thursday at the Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, playing Tuesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2:30 and 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Ends March 19. $29 to $42. (213) 628-9772.

* Theater. “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” opens Wednesday for a two-week engagement at the Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, playing Tuesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3, 2 p.m. only. Ends Feb. 13. $22 to $52. (213) 365-3500.

* Dance. The Stuttgart Ballet dances a mixed bill--works by John Cranko, Mauro Bigonzetti and Christian Spuck--Tuesday, Wednesday and next Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, (714) 556-ARTS. The company then alternates casts in Cranko’s full-length “Onegin” on Feb. 4-6. $12 to $68.

* Museums. “Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors From China’s Imperial Palace,” objects from the Palace Museum in Beijing, opens Feb. 6 at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana. Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Ends Sept. 3. $14-$16.