all day: Movies

As far as movies go, 1999 could be described as the year of the teen. From the delightful (“She’s All That”) to the raunchy (“Cruel Intentions”), from the literary based (“10 Things I Hate About You”) to the less than successful (“Jawbreaker”), the studios have been pumping out teen movies at an unusual pace. The latest, “American Pie,” a risque coming-of-age comedy about four high school seniors who make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night, has a large, fresh-faced ensemble cast and strong word-of-mouth.

* “American Pie,” rated R for strong sexuality, crude sexual dialogue, language and drinking, all involving teens, opens Friday in general release.

6:30 pm: Pop Music

The Chemical Brothers have long since conquered the electronic dance music world, and now the English duo is finding some receptive ears beyond the clubs. Its new album, “Surrender,” includes “Let Forever Be,” a new collaboration with Noel Gallagher that’s getting some alternative radio play.

* Chemical Brothers with Todd Terry, Hollywood Palladium, 6215 Sunset Blvd. 6:30 p.m. $27.50. (323) 962-7600.

7 pm: Comedy/Pop Music

Nudge nudge, wink wink. If you’ve been longing to hear such Monty Python classics as “The Lumberjack Song,” “Dennis Moore” and of course “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” the Getty Center is the place to be. Eric Idle, the English comedy troupe’s most musically inclined member, will endeavor to perform the entire Python song cycle.

* Eric Idle, Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood. 7 p.m. Free. Reservations required. (310) 440-7300.

8:30 pm: Music

John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra offer a weekend spectacular called “100 Years of Broadway,” with vocal soloists Susan Egan, Marilyn Horne, Davis Gaines and Justino Diaz, plus the Mitch Hanlon Singers. The music includes excerpts from the works of Victor Herbert, Kern, Sondheim, Porter, Loewe and Gershwin, plus a long listen at Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific.” Also: the world premiere of Three Songs for Orchestra from the soon-to-be-produced musical “The Light in the Piazza,” by Adam Guettel, grandson of Richard Rodgers.

* “100 Years of Broadway,” Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave. 8:30 p.m. Also Saturday, 8 p.m. $3 to $100. (323) 850-2000.

8:15 pm: Pop Music

“If You Ever Have Forever in Mind” won Vince Gill a Grammy for best male country vocal performance this year, and country aficionados know that “The Key” should have been named best country album as well. The Oklahoma native and onetime L.A. resident also offers one of the most touching and invigorating live shows in any genre.

* Vince Gill, with Chely Wright, Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City. 8:15 p.m. $28 to $55.50. (818) 622-4440. also Sunday at the Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St., Santa Barbara, 7 p.m. $22-$45. [805] 962-7411.

8 pm: Theater

Bertolt Brecht’s legendary Berliner Ensemble is making its first United States appearance with a production of its most acclaimed production, “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui,” the 1941 political satire about the making of a fascist, set in 1920 Chicago. The revival is also the 50-year-old company’s swan song. The ensemble is disbanding after the run.

* “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui,” UCLA, Freud Playhouse, Macgowan Hall, Westwood. Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 4 p.m. $49 to $69. (310) 825-2101; (213) 365-3500.

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FREEBIE: Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” is performed alfresco at Kingsmen Park, California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. Also Saturday, Sunday and July 16, 23-25. 8 p.m. (805) 493-3415.

Folk singer Mary Ott sings as part of One Colorado’s outdoor music series, on Colorado Boulevard between Fair Oaks Avenue and South De Lacey Avenue in Old Town Pasadena, 7 p.m. (626) 564-1066.