This post was updated Jan. 8 at 7:52 p.m. Video advertising killed 2025’s star movie. After the success of 2024’s “Wicked,” which became the highest-grossing musical film adaptation, the popular assumption was that the sequel would be an effortless success. Read more...
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This post was updated Jan. 6 at 8:29 p.m. Members of Dancesport Club at UCLA are strutting into ballrooms of new opportunities. Founded in 2016, DCU helps dancers of all skill levels explore the world of competitive ballroom dancing. Read more...
Photo: Members of Dancesport Club at UCLA are pictured during one of their fall rehearsals. This year, the group competed in the Claremont Showdown Nov. 15 and recently collaborated with UCLA’s Salsa Society during their practices. (Purvi Singhania/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 11 at 8:38 p.m. Livvy Marcus is telling a story of empowerment – both on and off the stage. Making her national tour debut, the actress and musician is currently playing suffragist Doris Stevens in “Suffs,” the Tony Award-winning musical about the American women’s suffrage movement. Read more...
Photo: Livvy Marcus as suffragist Doris Stevens smiles at Dudley Malone (Brandi Porter) during a scene at a bar. The play “Suffs” is inspired by the real-life Stevens’ memoir, “Jailed for Freedom,” and will be running at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre through Dec. 7.
This post was updated Dec. 6 at 5:34 p.m. Even though the sky’s the limit, “Skywatching Down the Well (井底天空)” celebrates the freedom in staying grounded. Read more...
Photo: Members of the cast of “Skywatching Down the Well (井底天空),” three of whom are wearing blue and white tracksuits, gather around a table. UCLA’s CFan Chinese Theatre Group presented its three-act play Nov. 23 in Lani Hall at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
If “Hamilton” is the musical of America’s fathers, then “Suffs” is the mother of modern theater. The Tony Award-winning musical’s first national tour marched its way into the Hollywood Pantages Theatre on Nov. Read more...
Photo: Members of the cast of “Suffs” pose dramatically on the low-lit stage wearing suffrage sashes. The Tony Award-winning musical’s first national tour arrived at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre on Nov. 18, where it will stay until Dec. 7. (Courtesy of Hollywood Pantages)
HOOLIGAN Theatre Company is out for pig’s blood in its production of “Carrie: The Musical.” In the stage adaptation of author Stephen King’s debut novel “Carrie,” Protagonist Carrie White, a seventeen-year-old girl facing religious abuse, discovers her telekinetic abilities and – after being doused in pig’s blood at her senior prom – murders her fellow classmates. Read more...
Photo: Members of the cast of HOOLIGAN Theater Company’s fall production, “Carrie: The Musical,” are pictured in a classroom with a chalkboard in the background. Adapted from Stephen King’s iconic novel and its 1976 movie adaptation, the show follows Carrie White who is bullied at school by her classmates. (Courtesy of HOOLIGAN Theatre Company)
This post was updated Nov. 18 at 9:09 p.m. Lapu, the Coyote That Cares Theatre Company is giving its members the confidence and community support they need to pursue creativity. Read more...
Photo: Members of Lapu, the Coyote That Cares Theatre Company are pictured. LCC’s production “WATCH US FALL” came to Royce Hall on Nov. 14 and 16 and featured two one-act plays, “One Last Time” and “When My Brother Comes Home,” as well as an additional short film. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
