If there's one thing to put on a Los Angeles bucket list, watching a live theater performance can definitely add a bit of refinement to the typical prerequisites of going to Diddy Riese and watching a football game. Read more...
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“Build” will play at the Geffen Playhouse.
Whether or not theatergoers who come to see "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" at the Geffen Playhouse are knowledgeable about the history of African-American actresses in Hollywood, chances are by the time the curtains close they will not only have gained interest in the topic, but also feel a desire to be friends with the fictional subject of the play. Read more...
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The West coast premiere of Lynn Nottage’s “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark” took place at the Geffen Playhouse on Wednesday. Daily Bruin file photo
A tall, looming skeleton with arms spread open reveals its scrap metal rib cage and welcomes its guests as they shuffle silently through the Haitian art gallery. Read more...
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Shown above is a statue from the Fowler Museum’s “In Extremis,” an exhibit that celebrates life and death in 21st century Haitian art.
Seated in a small venue enclosed by narrow black walls, the stage is dark with white fluttering projections of the famous telltale moth. Read more...
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(Courtesy of Michael Lamont)
A couple of young recovering addicts, an actor dealing with the pressures of success and a mother who vowed to abstain from drug use to save her children make up a small part of the audience. Read more...
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The Dionysus Project is a “town hall” panel discussion that uses content from Euripides’ Bacchae and relates it to modern-day addiction.
For 35 hours a week, Jessica Felix works diligently as a barista in Brentwood and saves up her tips in an old pickle jar, relabeled "Hopes and Dreams" "“ not to pay for a Eurotrip or a new car, but for comedy lessons. Read more...
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UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumna, Jessica Felix, has been writing and performing monthly with her sketch comedy team, Brute Squad, at Improv Olympic West in Hollywood.
As a young girl, fourth-year theater student Danielle Rosario suffered from a common adolescent knee condition but she refused to let it keep her from dancing. Read more...
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Fourth-year theater student Danielle Rosario played Diana Morales in the UCLA film school’s production of “A Chorus Line” this quarter.
