Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

* Dance. The Don Cossacks Song and Dance Ensemble of Rostov performs traditional Slavic folklore on Sept. 25 at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos. $32 to $47. (562) 916-8500.

* Theater. Cirque du Soleil’s newest spectacular, “Dralion,” opens next Thursday at 8 p.m. under the big top at Santa Monica Pier, with other opening-week shows on Sept. 24 at 8 p.m., Sept. 25 at 4 and 8 p.m., and Sept. 26 at 1 and 5 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays, 5:30 and 9:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 4 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 1 and 5 p.m., except Sept. 30, 8 p.m. only; dark Oct. 19, Nov. 1. Moves to Irvine Spectrum Center on Dec. 2. Runs indefinitely. $23.75 to $38.50 (children); $34 to $55 (adults). (800) 678-5440.

* Theater. “The Boys From Syracuse,” Reprise! Broadway’s Best in Concert’s semi-staged production of the musical based on Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors,” with David Hyde Pierce, opens Wednesday at 8 p.m. at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse (parking lot 3), Westwood, playing Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 7 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Ends Oct. 3. $45 to $50. (310) 825-2101; (213) 365-3500.

* Museums. Four exhibitions kick off UCLA/Armand Hammer Museum’s fall season: “Secret Victorians,” focusing on Victorian sensibilities in contemporary British and North American art; “Oscar Wilde,” a selection of materials from UCLA’s Clark Library; a site-specific wall painting by Tania Mouraud; and “Kara Walker,” an installation exploring the racial and sexual legacies of slavery. All through Jan. 2. 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (310) 443-7000.