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Cabrillo Music Theatre will open its performance season with “Annie,” the musical staple based on Harold Gray’s Depression-era comic strip. Brooke Bauersfeld plays the plucky, wide-eyed orphan, who’ll be belting out “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow” and other familiar fare with orchestral accompaniment.

“Annie,” presented by Cabrillo Music Theatre, Kavli Theatre, Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. 8 p.m. $14 to $42. (805) 449-2787.

* Continues at 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Ends Nov. 7

Punk-pop chronicles

Fresh off the No. 3 sales chart debut of its third album, “The Chronicles of Life and Death,” Good Charlotte holds strong as this season’s most popular purveyor of the punk-pop canon. The Maryland band headlines a raucous bill that also features Sum 41, Hazen Street and Lola Ray.

Good Charlotte, Bren Events Center, 100 Bren Events Center Drive, Irvine, 7 p.m. $27.50. (949) 824-5000.

* Also 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City. $29.50. (818) 777-3931.