TODAY’S BEST BETS

Music

Guest conductor Helmuth Rilling leads the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and USC choral artists in a performance of Haydn’s oratorio, “The Creation.”

Royce Hall, UCLA. (213) 622-7001, Ext. 215. 8 p.m. Also Saturday at 8 p.m. in Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale.

Theater

A painting of his sold at auction for $16.8 million just last month. So this seems a good time to revive Dennis McIntyre’s drama about famed Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.

“Modigliani,” Met Theatre, 1089 N. Oxford Ave., Los Angeles. (323) 957-1152. 8 p.m. Regular schedule: Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m. Dark Dec. 23-Jan. 2. Ends Jan. 30.

Jazz

A well-respected jazz educator, Joyce Collins is also a swinging pianist and a touching vocalist.

Joyce Collins Trio, Club Brasserie, Bel Age Hotel, 1020 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood. (310) 854-1111. 9 p.m.

Pop Music

The Ramones are gone but drummer Marky Ramone (nee Marc Bell) carries on the spirit with new bandmates Ben Trokan and Johnny Pisano.

Marky Ramone & the Intruders, Al’s Bar, 305 S. Hewitt St., Los Angeles. (213) 626-7213. 9 p.m. Also Saturday, 9:30 p.m., at Jacks Sugar Shack, 1707 N. Vine St., Hollywood. (323) 466-7005.