Thaddeus meets Amy along the banks of the muddy Mississippi River, under magnolia trees draped with Spanish moss. At first he is afraid of her. He knows the consequences of playing together, but she convinces him: She wants to catch frogs and so does he. Read more...
Photo: Written by UCLA alumna Carole Eglash-Kosoff, the play “When Stars Align” centers around a romance between Thaddeus, a black slave, and Amy, a white girl brought up in high society. (Odyssey Theatre)
Seven students painted huge, white display boxes in the courtyard of Perloff Hall while several more hooked up large TV panels to white walls inside. With so much to prepare before the exhibition, architecture graduate student Jorel Sanchez Soto held a can of Lysol in his hand as he scrubbed away at windows to let light shine into the gallery. Read more...
Photo: Architecture graduate student Anna Kudashkina is one of 56 graduate students whose work will be displayed at Perloff Gallery starting Friday. The exhibition will present the projects of students from SUPRASTUDIO, a yearlong graduate program in architecture. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated on Sept. 25 at 12:48 p.m. Professor Brian Kite was named chair of the department of theater within UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television Monday. Read more...
Photo: After teaching at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television for 10 years, Professor Brian Kite was named the chair of the theater department(Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
A mother and her baby stood watching ballet dancers practice behind the closed curtains of a Seattle opera house. The mother, Lauri-Michelle Houk, was still on leave from her career as a company ballet dancer to take care of her 8-month-old baby, Madeline. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year communications studies student Madeline Houk dances professionally with the Los Angeles Ballet. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Clifford Odets’ play “Awake and Sing!” features a struggling Jewish family torn between the parents’ lofty ambitions and the children’s fight to find a voice. The play premiered on Broadway in 1935 and 80 years later, its portrayal of economic strain on a family during the Great Depression resembles that which many endure today. Read more...
Photo: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Visiting Assistant Professor Marilyn Fox will star in “Awake and Sing!” The play features a struggling Jewish family torn between the parents’ lofty ambitions and the children’s fight to find a voice. (Courtesy of Ron Sossi)
Sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and Shakespeare – an unusual combination for a play, but one which the creators of “These Paper Bullets!” think will prove a winning one. Read more...
Photo: “These Paper Bullets!,” a rip-off of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” will open today at the Geffen Playhouse. (Geffen Playhouse)
A Hercules-like hero and a rival princess secretly conceive a son, Sohrab, in an ancient Persian myth. Romance turns to tragedy when Sohrab is later killed by his own estranged father in battle. Read more...
Photo: “The Scarlet Stone,” a multidisciplinary show based on an ancient Persian myth, was performed at Royce Hall Saturday. Performer Gordafarid is the first female to play the role of the storyteller. (Courtesy of Jim Carmody)
