L.A. theater openings, Sept. 4-11: Patti LuPone and more

This week: South Coast Rep opens its season with a Tony-winning historical drama, a tune-filled August Wilson tale comes to the Taper, and a two-time Tony winner graces the stage at Segerstrom Center.

Angel’s Flight A detective searches for a missing girl in 1940s L.A. in this mashup of comedy,...