Sometimes dreams do come true ““ or at least they turn into gender-bending hair stylists in avant-garde theater pieces. Aroused from the mind of Canadian theater auteur Marie Brassard is Jimmy, a character who exists as an imaginary figment in her solo performance piece “Jimmy ““ Créature de Rêve (Jimmy in the Dream),” which opens […]
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Church-hosted secular musical focuses on age-old themes of love
Boy meets girl. Boy loves girl. Girl meets boy. Girl loves boy. Parents hate each other. No, this isn’t “Romeo and Juliet” or a plot line from daytime TV. It’s something you can go see at church. Beginning tonight and running through through Feb. 16, Westwood Presbyterian Church will be hosting a venue for an […]
“˜Fowler Out Loud’ series focuses spotlight on India
Not all representations of South Asian culture include Madonna with colorful bindis on her forehead or Heather Graham in a sari running around with an Indian immigrant who is posing as a guru. In fact, UCLA’s Fowler Museum, continuing with its “Fowler Out Loud” series, is holding a performance tonight, geared toward shedding a new […]
Simon’s dramatic, comedic creation hits Geffen
Everyone knows his name, everyone knows his comedic style and, everyone knows about his success. Neil Simon has dazzled audiences with a number of funny, offbeat Broadway plays, Oscar-nominated screenplays, and even a Pulitzer- Prize-winning drama. Simon continues his prolific playwriting with the world premiere of his “Rose And Walsh,” which opened this week, not […]
New Wave
From those colorful little textbook diagrams that elucidate complex subjects to abstract paintings that can describe scenes that words cannot, art is a tool that helps us understand our world. And if a picture really can paint a thousand words then a billion can be said tonight with an interactive demonstration like “Zero@wavefunction: nano dreams […]
Simon’s dramatic, comedic creation hits Geffen
Everyone knows his name, everyone knows his comedic style and, everyone knows about his success. Neil Simon has dazzled audiences with a number of funny, offbeat Broadway plays, Oscar-nominated screenplays, and even a Pulitzer- Prize-winning drama. Simon continues his prolific playwriting with the world premiere of his “Rose And Walsh,” which opened this week, not […]
Robson denies crowd dance lesson
It’s sad when the most exciting part of a performance is when pickles are raffled off to audience members. Such was the case when Wade Robson came to UCLA’s Ackerman Grand Ballroom Tuesday afternoon. The event, which took place Jan. 21, was promoted as a free dance lesson with the lauded *NSYNC/Britney Spears choreographer, but […]