Author Archives: Linda Chang

“American Idol” has done it. “Project Runway” has done it. Now, UCLA is doing it.

What if a leather-clad Spartan from “300” was pitted, not against the Persian army, but against “Desperate Housewives” femme fatale Eva Longoria?

Jeri Floyd’s eyes well up with tears as she watches her daughter leap across the stage. Two weeks before her daughter Rachel’s show, she watches as Rachel dances to “Wisdom of the Moon” on the Royce Hall stage ““ the same music that played during Rachel’s first dance class five years ago. Rachel is now […]

As an artist who has devoted his life’s work to crossing cultural barriers, Singaporean director Ong Keng Sen doesn’t like to be categorized. “I reject stereotypes. You may be Chinese, but you are not only Chinese. You are a product of your experiences and your history,” Ong said. “You are yourself first.” The director will […]

The first performance of Václav Havel’s play, “The Beggar’s Opera,” was performed not by actors, but by Havel’s friends at a small theater in Prague. It was an invite-only production, and the location was so secretive that the limited number of guests had to drive around the suburbs of Prague a few times before finding […]

Most students get penalized when they miss class. Aleks Pevec, on the other hand, got a highly sought-after role in the musical “Wicked.” Pevec, a fourth-year theater student with the UCLA Ray Bolger Musical Theater program, explained that he had nothing to do after a class of his was cancelled, so he opted to audition […]

The Beach Boys predicted it decades in advance. And now, the sunshine-loving bands of “The OC” are singing about it. California is the new New York. New York may be the high-fashion capital, but recently, due to the influence and ubiquitousness of Young Hollywood, Los Angeles has been stealing the fashion scene. Whether stars are […]