The Glass Menagerie The Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena Through June 18 Tickets: $15-$42.50 When her footsteps come near, you dread the minutes until your peace is driven away by her ceaseless shrill. Read more...

deathray “deathray” Capricorn Records Sometimes music just doesn’t match its makers. Cinderella didn’t sing fairy tales. R.E.M. doesn’t put you to sleep. Barry “isn’t” White, Clint “isn’t” Black and Al is hardly Green. Read more...

By Julia Ingalls Daily Bruin Contributor Finally, a cure for boredom ““ or at least a way to get out of Westwood. Founded and operated by a group of UCLA college students, a new shuttle service offers free rides from Westwood to clubs in the West Los Angeles area, all in support of local UCLA bands. Read more...

By Elizabeth Blair Daily Bruin Contributor From Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow of “Friends,” to “Saturday Night Live” cast members Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan, countless well-known actors and writers today got their start doing improvisational comedy. Read more...

By Lonnie Harris Daily Bruin Senior Staff Maybe it’s because his new film “Mission:Impossible 2″ opens against the new Jackie Chan vehicle, “Shanghai Noon,” that Tom Cruise felt the need to do all his own stunts, a demand that’s more a trademark of the off-kilter Hong Kong star. Read more...

By Brent Hopkins Daily Bruin Senior Staff Securing a recording contract is no easy task. For every hot new band that snags one, there’s 10 that will never get a chance. Read more...

People might look at the sculpture garden as superfluous eye candy, something which looks pretty but doesn’t serve any useful purpose. On the contrary, it’s an important institution here at UCLA, not just a place to lie on sun-soaked grass, but also a place where, after a hard day of regurgitating dead facts and figures, one can stare at iron grotesqueries. Read more...