Spring Sing, which takes place Friday at Pauley Pavilion, is usually well known for its plethora of musical acts. Yet what holds the show together are the skits and videos in between, which also serve as segues into the next musical performance.
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Theatre Review: “Café Le Monde”
In a cafe, three couples are loudly arguing with each other. Their angry voices are silenced when a man starts singing, in full baritone, that famous aria from the French opera “Carmen.” “Love is the child of the Bohemian / It has never, never known any law.” It is a bit random, but at the “Café Le Monde,” randomness is the point.
Pulitzer Prize-nominated play “˜Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo’ explores deeper issues of miscommunication and life after death
In 2003, during the first year of the Iraq War, The Associated Press ran a small piece which detailed an incident at the Baghdad Zoo.
Theater Review: “Getting Frankie Married…And Afterwards”
Real life sucks. Modern cinema, such as “American Beauty” or “Revolutionary Road,” will tell you that. People are cruel and selfish, society cares more about corporations than individuals and true love is a fairy tale. “Getting Frankie Married … And Afterwards” presents these notions as well, but does so in a very dull and detached manner, making it no different than a typical “Desperate Housewives” episode.
UCLA theater groups put on ’24-Hour Musical’
What can you accomplish in a day?
THEATRE REVIEW: “Catz”
You cannot call yourself a musical geek if you have not been exposed to the inane joy that is “Cats”.
Theater Review: “The Story of My Life”
I had a best friend in first grade. She was tall and had blonde hair. Back then, I thought we were going to stay friends forever. She moved away when I was 8, and I never saw her again.