Film
Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1959 film “Suddenly, Last
Summer,” starring Elizabeth Taylor, screens at the James
Bridges Theater 7:30 p.m. today as part of the “Out of the
Past” UCLA Film and Television Archive series showing film
restoration efforts. General admission is $7 and student tickets
are $5 with ID.
A retrospective of director Dorothy Arzner’s works at the
James Bridges Theater continues with two double bills:
“Merrily We Go to Hell” and “Honor Among
Lovers” Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and “Sarah and
Son” and “Anybody’s Woman” Sunday at 7 p.m.
General admission is $7 and student tickets are $5 with ID.
“Flashdance” screens at the Ackerman Grand Ballroom
today and Friday at 7 and 9:30 p.m. for $2.
Music
Cantus performs music by Paul Hindemith, Smokey Robinson and
folk sources in a concert at Schoenberg Hall Saturday at 8 p.m.
General admission tickets are $35 and student tickets are $12.
The French ensemble Orchestre National de Lyon performs music by
Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky at Royce Hall Sunday at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $40, $30 and $25 for non-students, and $10 for
students.
Elliott Smith is playing two shows at the Henry Fonda Theatre in
Hollywood. This comes on the heels of Smith’s recent
announcement of his intention to release a double-album of new
material this summer. For more information go to ticketweb.com or
contact Aron’s Records.
The hip-hop group Burning Star is playing a free show in
Westwood Plaza today at noon put on by Cultural Affairs
Commission.
Theater
With music by John Cage and sets and costumes by Robert
Rauschenberg, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company comes to Royce
Hall for three days featuring three different programs starting
today at 8 p.m. Tickets are $50, $40 and $35 for non-students, and
$15 for students.
With music by Cy Coleman, and book and lyrics by Betty Comden
and Adolph Green, the musical “On the Twentieth
Century” continues at the Freud Playhouse today and Friday at
8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m.
Compiled by Howard Ho, Daily Bruin Senior Staff.