WEEKEND EVENTS

THEATRE

Bus Stop, by William Inge, is a most agreeable comedy dashed with a touch of warming pathos. Scene is a snowed-in diner just far enough from Kansas City. Starring Peggy Ann Garner, Dick York, Glenn Anders at the Colonial. 8:30 p.m.

Thieves' Carnival begins when three yeggs befriend a bored and not ingenuous matron. Her daughter is later involved. First offering of Lyric Productions which has brought off-Broadway roughly 217 miles. Fine Arts Theatre, 8:30 p.m.

Can-Can pretty well fills the Opera House with songs like "I Love Paris" and "C'est Magnifique" which, Symphony Sid advises, swung on the hit parade in eons past. But you really can't see much panties from the second balcony. 8:30 p.m. tonight, 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. tomorrow.

MUSIC

Woody Woodworth of Music I fame leads the Glee Club and Choral Society, along with members of the Boston Symphony, in three Mozart vocal works. Charles Munch also will conduct the "Requiem" by Gabriel Faure. Early risers will get both for 60 cents at 2:15 today. Saturday at 8:30 p.m.--forget it unless you have a radio.

The Mother of Us All, comic opera by Gertrude S. and Virgil T., based on the life of Susan B., opens tonight in Sanders T. at 8:30 Post M. Music is directed by Victor Y., another Music I entertainer, and the cast is headed by Sara-Jane S. of Barnard H. as the suffragette. Also Saturday and Sunday evenings.

CINEMA

EL, one fears, is only a bit of just that, at the Brattle. Mexican film of two years ago has interesting effects, but failed to please its Mexico City patrons during a week-and-a-half run there. 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.

Helen of Troy isn't likely to get you through a Homer hour exam. Classics Comics give the real poop, but then, Classics Comics generally don't have the wonder of stereophonic sound. Also Top Gun at 4:54 p.m. and 8:15 p.m., at the U.T.

Adorable Creatures, which Cue magazine warns, is "a bed-bouncing comedy!" gets its very first Boston showing at the Center. Excitement, at 2:35, 6:10 p.m. and 9:40 p.m.

I'll Cry Tomorrow, but it opens today, which brings tears sooner. Susan Hayward finds "Grief spurs the alcohol habit" but thankfully "Real help comes from 'Bert', an ex-alcoholic (Eddie Albert) who gives her a tortuous 'drying out.'" Look magazine loved it. At the Astor at 5:42 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 9:48 p.m.

Elsewhere around are Diabolique, Carousel, Picnic, The Rose Tattoo, The Court Jester and Libby's Sliced Strawberries.