Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment:

• Warren native Austin Pendleton is back in northeast Ohio, appearing in the David Mamet drama “Glengarry Glen Ross” at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood.

Pendleton is playing Shelly Levene, the role played by Jack Lemmon in the 1992 film version. The play focuses on the cutthroat goings on in a real estate office where the agents are fighting to keep their jobs.

Pendleton, who has nearly 150 film and television credits on his IMDb page and is a Tony Award nominee and two-time Drama Desk Award winner, last worked in Cleveland directing the play “Luna Gale” at the Cleveland Play House.

The play runs through Oct. 6 with performances at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Ticket information is available at www.beckcenter .org.

Cleveland Cinematheque will showcase Pendleton’s film work this weekend. The repertory theater at the Cleveland Institute of Art will show some of Pendleton’s best known films and host the actor / director / playwright for a Q&A on Saturday.

The 1972 Peter Bogdanovich farce “What’s Up, Doc?” will be shown at 6:45 p.m. today and 5 p.m. Saturday. The comedy “My Cousin Vinny” will be screened at 7 p.m. Friday and the 1980 film “Simon,” featuring one of Pendleton’s rare starring roles on screen, will be shown at noon Saturday before an event billed as “An Afternoon with Austin Pendleton” at 2 p.m.

In addition to the Q&A, it will include a screening of the documentary short “Starring Austin Pendleton,” which features Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Ethan Hawke and others singing his praises.

Tickets for “An Afternoon with …” are $15 regular admission and $12 for those 25 and younger. Tickets for the movies are $10 and $7. For more information, go to www.cia.edu/ cinematheque

Pendleton will be closer to home in November, when he will teach a master acting class from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 3 at Trumbull New Theatre in Niles. Those attending must have a monologue or scene prepared, and Pendleton asks that they pick a scene from a play they either have appeared in or have read the entire play.

Those interested in participating can email Ron Sinesio at ronesio2004 @yahoo.com by Oct. 26 to register.

• Sunday afternoon, I went to the Butler Institute of American Art to catch the second of two staged readings of John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play “Red.”

Whether your passion is for theater or art, the production was a treat.

The two-character drama focuses on artist Mark Rothko in the late 1950s as he finishes an expensive and prestigious commission of a series of murals for the Four Seasons Restaurant opening in New York City.

James McClellan played Rothko and Paul Dahman was his assistant. The actors played the roles with scripts in hand (and director Matthew Mazuroski reading the stage directions), but it was clear that both of them had put in the time to create fully realized characters. Their banter was alternately funny and fascinating as they argued questions of art, commerce, philosophy, life and other topics.

In an interview last week, Mazuroski said he would love to direct a fully produced version of the play. I’d love to see it with the cast he had at the Butler, but I think some of the technical demands (including recreating some of Rothko’s large scale works) might make it cost-prohibitive.

The staging was planned as part of the Butler’s centennial celebration and was presented in collaboration with Youngstown State University and Youngstown Playhouse. It was great to see these Mahoning Valley institutions working together to present a show that will be remembered by those lucky enough to see it.

• Youngstown Playhouse will host an intriguing event on Sunday called “Wine and Monologues.”

Inspired by the Paint and Sip art classes offered at various locations, attendees are encouraged to bring audition monologues to work on in a casual atmosphere. Instructor Chris Fidram describes it as “part game show, part acting class — it’s interactive, and there’s wine.”

It starts at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Playhouse, 600 Playhouse Lane, and the cost is $15. Advance registration isn’t required. There will be some wine available, but attendees are encouraged to BYOB.

Andy Gray is the entertainment writer for the Tribune Chronicle. Write to him at agray@tribtoday .com