“Sweet Charity” Morgan-Wixson Theatre The smash critical and box-office success of Rob Marshall’s film version of “Chicago” last year has given way to a torrent of Bob Fosse revivals in the past year, as smaller theaters scramble to find shows that will guarantee them a built-in audience. Read more...

Judging from the chilly air of Kristin Hersh’s latest two albums, the last place you’d expect to find her is in sunny Palm Springs. As the iconic musician and Throwing Muses leader is quick to point out, though, she hasn’t entirely enjoyed her stay there. Read more...

UCLA Live may arguably be the West Coast’s premiere producer in world-class performing arts. Artists from home and abroad take turns introducing the audience to the beautiful, the avant-garde and the shocking. Read more...

When Elizabeth Upton started her job as musicology professor at UCLA, she was not prepared for the initiation process: creating a new general enrollment course. A medievalist, Upton created “Getting Medieval,” a course about modern incarnations of medieval things from Wagner’s operas to Disneyland castles and “The Lord of the Rings.” “I didn’t know anything about getting a new course approved. Read more...

A cappella singing is gaining a stronger voice at UCLA. In the last several years, a handful of new a cappella groups and music events have sprouted up on campus, offering more and more students a chance to create music using only their voice. Read more...

Walking through the dorms, a person would have to try hard not to notice the shared folder icons on students’ computer screens and the sound of music libraries playing pirated copies of the latest hit singles. Read more...

After deciding to enroll at UCLA as a transfer student last summer, I quickly packed up my belongings and hauled them from my astonishingly affordable Venice apartment to pricier digs here in Westwood. Read more...