Author Archives: Alyssa Dorn

HOOLIGAN’s production of the musical “Anything Goes” features students with various north and south campus majors as tap-dancing sailors, criminals, and celebrities who sing and dance on an ocean liner heading to England from New York.

Hooligan Theater Company’s production of ”Footloose” opens Friday at 8 p.m. in the Freud Playhouse. The musical features UCLA students of different majors and skill levels singing and dancing in a variety of styles.

Thirteen student actors and a full orchestra tell the story of how two small-town Texas nobodies became renowned folk heroes and outlaws in Depression-era USA. The show, produced by Act III, opens Saturday in the Northwest Campus Auditorium and runs through this weekend.

Director Maeve Riley received special permission from UCLA alumna Sara Bareilles to perform “Waitress in Concert” while “Waitress the Musical” is still on Broadway.

“Othello,” written by Shakespeare and performed by students, opens for a preview in the Bruin Reception Room in Ackerman on Wednesday and runs until Friday. It compels its audiences to consider the tension, conflict and violence that arise from a misunderstanding of “the other,” as well as the human desire for power and control.

Mrs, Representation, a musical one-act written, composed, acted and directed by students, opens this Wednesday as part of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television directing continuum. It looks at how five minor female character types react to the limitations they are written with to break down stereotypes and add dimension to trope characters.