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Sexy, Smart Sundays

Jean Isaacs’ San Diego Dance Theater steams up Little Italy’s Anthology Supper Club with the eighth annual Cabaret Dances, a sultry, jazz-inspired fusion of modern dance, music, food and wine, Jan. 4, 11, 18 & 25 at 5. Isaacs premieres “Eyes of Love,” a collection of duets and trios danced to live jazz standards. 619-225-1803; sandiegodancetheater.org.

Separation Anxiety

John Guare’s psychological drama Six Degrees of Separation examines the significance of success, on the main stage at the Old Globe Theatre Jan. 10–Feb. 15. 619-234-5623; theoldglobe.org.

Where the Dragons Party

First Night Escondido, North County’s biggest New Year’s Eve extravaganza, takes over Grape Day Park, City Hall and the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, with family-friendly, no-alcohol revelry that includes fireworks at 9 p.m. and midnight, 12 stages of live music, food tastings, activity areas, a Chinese Dragon Parade (9 p.m.) and more. 760-715-4448; firstnightescondido.com.

T. Rex and Friends

Life-size dinosaurs roar back to existence in Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular, a live theatrical production inspired by the popular BBC series about the lives and times of the prehistoric beasts, Jan. 1-4 at the San Diego Sports Arena. 619-220-TIXS; dinosaurlive.com.

Playing Dress-Up

In The Dresser, San Diego favorite Jonathan McMurtry steps into the role of Sir, an aging actor propped up by his faithful dresser, at Solana Beach’s North Coast Repertory Theatre Jan. 14–Feb. 8. 858- 481-1055; northcoastrep.org.

Love Triangle

The San Diego Opera season opens Jan. 24 at downtown’s Civic Theatre with Tosca (also performed Jan. 27 & 30, Feb. 1 and 4), a three-sided tale of entanglement played out in the seductive and dangerous Eternal City of Rome. 619-533-7000; sdopera.com.

Shades of Gray

John Patrick Shanley looks at the inexact nature of truth in Doubt: A Parable, staged by San Diego Repertory Theatre at the Lyceum Jan. 10–Feb. 8. 619-544-1000; sandiegorep.org.

Silent Screen No More

Surround-sound. A seamless screen. More light and sharper contrast. After months with no movies on its dome screen, the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center’s Space Theater has finally reopened and is showing off its technological enhancements with Imax films Wild Ocean, Van Gogh: Brush with Genius and Animalopolis. 619-238-1233; rhfleet.org.

Making Wakes

The San Diego Boat Show anchors at the Convention Center and the Marriott Marina Jan. 8-11, showcasing hundreds of boats and the daredevil skills of contestants in the event’s first-ever wakeboard stunt show. 858-274-9924; sandiegoboatshow.com.

Keyboards and Candelabra

Flashy Liberace comes to life again, dazzling audiences with his jewelry, sequins and piano prowess in Music and Memories. Impressionist Wayland Pickard returns to the Welk Resort Theatre, playing the part Jan. 2–Feb. 8. 888-802-7469; welktheatre.com.