This post was updated May 15 at 2:27 p.m. “Hairspray” is stylishly welcoming audiences to the ’60s. The nicest kids in town will be dancing on the Dolby Theatre stage until May 21. Read more...
Photo: Niki Metcalf (left) and Andrew Levitt (right) play Tracy and Edna in “Hairspray.” The musical will run until May 21 at the Dolby Theatre. (Courtesy of “Hairspray”)
This post was updated April 27 at 8:56 p.m. SAMMAY Peñaflor Dizon is taking spectators on a journey back to their roots. Dizon’s ritualistic piece “behind the house is the garden” will be showcased by UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance this Thursday and Friday in the Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater. Read more...
Photo: SAMMAY Peñaflor Dizon, a fine arts graduate student in the department’s choreographic inquiry program, stands alongside the cast of “behind the house is the garden.” The retrospective visual and movement-based piece created by Dizon seeks to honor the memory of their grandmother, Nanay Carling. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Maybe the real Holy Grail in “Spamalot” was the laughs along the way. HOOLIGAN Theatre Company’s rendition of the satirical musical takes the mainstage at the Freud Playhouse starting Friday. Read more...
Photo: The cast of Monty Python’s “Spamalot” perform in front of a blue-hued stage. Based on the film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the musical is put on by HOOLIGAN Theatre Company and will begin its run on April 21. (Jenny Xu/Daily Bruin)
Taiwanese Culture Night will honor culture while exploring personal identity. The event will take place Thursday in Royce Hall for the first time since before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more...
Photo: Second-year opera student Leland Smith and second-year statistics student Catherine Tong hold hands as George and Grace in “Make it With You.” The play will serve as the primary performance of this year’s Taiwanese Culture Night. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)
“The Lonely Few” is hitting all the right notes – loudly. Zoe Sarnak and Rachel Bonds’ rock musical, which marks the Geffen Playhouse’s first commission since 2020, delivers a deafening narrative about two lesbian artists navigating their feelings for one another and their desire to succeed in the music industry. Read more...
Photo: Ciara Renée (left) and Lauren Patten (right) play Amy and Lila in “The Lonely Few.” The Geffen Playhouse production will run until April 30. (Courtesy of Jeff Lorch)
Vinny Roca is spotlighting raw structural computer graphics in “ALL THERE IS.” The design media arts graduate student recently programmed his newest game, “ALL THERE IS.” As the center of Roca’s solo exhibition on display in the Broad Art Center from Tuesday to Thursday, “ALL THERE IS” is a one- to four-player game in which the user can enter objects in a room to become them. Read more...
Photo: Design media arts graduate student Vinny Roca stands in front of a projection of his game “ALL THERE IS.” The project will be playable and on display in a solo exhibition from Roca in the Broad Art Center through Thursday. (Neha Krishnakumar/Daily Bruin)
Doyeon Kim remedies spatial disconnection through immersive installations. The design media arts graduate student said he began creating computer graphics in 2018 – a shift from his undergraduate practice of oil painting and photography. Read more...
Photo: In a darkly lit space, Doyeon Kim stands atop his latest video installation, “Drift.” Flowing toward the center of the piece, yellow life rafts serve as the core symbol of the piece, which the design media arts graduate student said centers on themes of self, home and migration. (Courtesy of Doyeon Kim)
