Two women begin to dance. One sways her arms above her head while the second turns sideways in her chair, twirling her wrists in tight circles. Read more...
Photo: UCLA maintenance workers, athletes, students and professors will perform in artist-in-residence Ann Carlson’s “The Symphonic Body,” a movement-based piece. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin)
There’s no better place to keep a finger on the pulse of arts and entertainment happenings than Los Angeles. The A&E world is alive – it’s always buzzing, sometimes ready to implode with a hint of a surprise album or a celebrity’s controversial statement. Read more...
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Room A32 of the Humanities Building is filled with busy Bruins scribbling lecture notes during the day. By night, the chairs and tables are moved to the classroom’s outer edges and a keyboardist installs herself near the professor’s wooden lectern. Read more...
Photo: Act III Theatre Ensemble is putting on a modern rendition of William Shakespeare’s play “Loves’s Labour’s Lost.” The play, directed by fourth-year theater student Abigail Faber, will premiere Friday. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)
Harmonized voices echoed through the north end of Parking Structure 2 on a cold Thursday night. The building’s fluorescent lights became spotlights while the actors danced on the chilled concrete. Read more...
Photo: The cast of HOOLIGAN’s “Rent” consulted with UCLA student group AIDS Ambassadors to learn more about the illness and to make the actors’ portrayals of the characters with the disease more accurate. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)
Tony Hong never considered psychology, his undergraduate major, to be a calling or passion when he began studying at UCLA in 1995. Instead, he was known by his peers for drawing dudes with big nipples and baggy underwear. Read more...
Photo: Artist and alumnus Tony Hong most recently showcased his work through Create:Fixate Foundation in Los Angeles. As an undergraduate student, he used to doodle at this four-person desk in Powell Library’s reading room. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)
In the rare minutes between rehearsals, the band is still in full swing. Brassy trumpets, smooth bass and snappy drums recreate the rhythm of Frank Sinatra’s classic jazz style late into the night. Read more...
Photo: Students such as fourth-year musical theater student Catriona Fray (right) will perform for the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s birth. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
Randall Arney’s job as a director is to take stories and retell them, incorporating his own actors and visions into the script. He has grown fond of Irish plays in particular, he said, because of their prose and emotion. Read more...
Photo: Geffen Playhouse artistic director Randall Arney’s (left) latest production, “Outside Mulling,” premieres Tuesday night. The play stars Dan Donohue (center) and Jessica Collins (right) as two lifelong neighbors in rural Ireland. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
