As audience members wave their hands in appreciation, fingers spread next to their faces, they enter a different world where applause is silent. More and more the deaf community is breaking into popular media through popular shows like “Switched at Birth” and well-known deaf performers, challenging the perceived stigma associated with deafness. Read more...

Photo: Second-year linguistics and psychology student Mariam Janvelyan and third-year linguistics student Anna Erives sign “comedy show” in preparation for CJ Jones’ comedy show tonight.

The J. Paul Getty Museum, usually silent and empty on Monday nights, will be filled with the sound of thousands of college students tonight. At least 2,500 students are expected to participate in the Getty’s annual College Night this evening. Read more...

Photo: The J. Paul Getty Museum will hold its annual College Night tonight, open to thousands of college students in the Los Angeles area. The event will include food, access to the museum’s exhibitions, hands-on art activities, special docent-led tours and live musical performances by indie-rock band Cayucas.

Director Harris Tucker wanted raw excitement and energy from the cast in its “fun run” rehearsal. His cast countered by delivering its already comedic lines in Scottish accents and Christopher Walken impersonations. Read more...

Photo: HOOLIGAN Theatre Company will perform its new production “The Drowsy Chaperone” this weekend. The musical comedy is about a character who watches a 1920s musical also called “The Drowsy Chaperone.”

On stage the armored comic book characters come to life, incorporating elements of gymnastics, acrobatics and martial arts. Read more...

Photo: Second-year English student Yuuki Yamagiwa combines her acting and dancing skills to perform stage combat in “Fujiyama Ichiban,” a live stage show that brings the Japanese comic book’s superhero characters to life. Yamagiwa joined the cast last summer and performs as a character named Sakura.

It’s the ship that launched a thousand theatrical retellings. Friday night in the Freud Playhouse, UCLA’s Hooligan Theatre Company opens its production of the Tony Award-winning musical “Titanic.” The musical version highlights different passengers’ vantage points during the catastrophe. Read more...

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