Bruce, you could take Olympic to Bundy and then down to Venice. Centinela turns into Bundy, but it's confusing if you don't know the way. Olympic and Venice both move well. If you use Overland you'll miss about half of the Culver City eateries, but many of them are too trendy for you, anyway. I could name several good Indian restaurants, but I won't.
I told some friends about your revue, but couldn't find anything on the theatre's website about it. Dates would be helpful. Did you say it opens Dec 15?