Sunday, May 3

UCLA’s Rapid Fire improv troop serves up on-the-fly laughs to Westwood audiences

This post was updated March 1 at 8:08 p.m. The lights come up in a Westwood apartment, and 11 Bruins solemnly rise around the cornucopia, but there is no Katniss in sight – and no script. Read more...

Photo: Members of UCLA’s only exclusively long-form improv troupe, Rapid Fire, gather in a circle. The club consists of nearly a dozen improvisers who perform free 45-minute shows in Westwood apartments along with collaborative shows featuring other college comedy groups. (Aiden Martinez/Daily Bruin)


Unmaking ‘Made in L.A.:’ Will Rawls’ ‘Unmade’ highlights the systems behind LA

This post was updated March 1 at 8:21 p.m. Dancers drifted through the Hammer Museum, carrying cones, canvas and found objects in a choreography of construction. Read more...

Photo: Photo of an “Unmade” performance shows Maya Billig in the background and Gurmukhi Bevli in green, among other performers. UCLA faculty Will Rawls’s performance-based art show is part of the Hammer’s biennial show “Made in L.A.” (Courtesy of Sara Golonka)


Theater review: Flawed foundation, confused goals cause ‘Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia’ to fall short

This post was updated Feb. 26 at 8:28 p.m. “Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia” is a valentine, a dialectic and a seance, but it is not quite sure which one to believe in. Read more...

Photo: Marianna Gailus as Sylvia Plath (left) and Cillian O’Sullivan as Ted Hughes (right) pose intimately with their foreheads pressed together. Written by Beth Hyland, the award-winning production “Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia” debuted at the Geffen Playhouse Feb. 4. (Courtesy of Jeff Lorch)


Line Dancing Club builds community, fosters connection one step at a time

This post was updated Feb. 24 at 9:20 p.m. UCLA’s pioneer Line Dancing club builds community to the beat of its own drum. Offering bimonthly meetings that are drop-in, the Line Dancing club draws a diversity of experience levels, said Ava Raymer, club co-founder and fourth-year chemical engineering student. Read more...

Photo: Attendees dance in UCLA Parking Structure 7 at a Line Dancing club meeting. Fio Fabiano said the club encourages members to find themselves through a noncompetitive form of dance. (Pranav Akella/Daily Bruin)


Theater review: ‘Richard III’ deftly reimagines Shakespeare’s classic through standout acting

Warning: Spoilers ahead. With “Richard III,” a villainous rise to power feels prescient and profoundly entertaining. A Noise Within in Pasadena is presenting an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III” through March 8. Read more...

Photo: The ensemble of “Richard III” gathers in a circle and gazes up at an individual in a crown standing on a ladder. A Noise Within in Pasadena is presenting an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play through March 8. (Courtesy of Craig Schwartz)


Modern-spin Macbeth crafts Shakespeare to 1970s context with feminist tones

This post was updated March 2 at 1:11 p.m. Peyton Whiteside designs a “Macbeth” where the witches wear knee-high boots. The 2024 UCLA alumnus serves as assistant scenic designer for the world premiere of Migdalia Cruz’s adaptation of “Macbeth.” The production opens Mar. Read more...

Photo: Peyton Whiteside is pictured wearing a bright yellow coat with a hood set against a blue sky. The UCLA alumnus is the assistant scenic designer for the world premiere of Migdalia Cruz’s adaptation of “Macbeth,” which opens Mar. 18 at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco. (Courtesy of Peyton Whiteside)




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