Author Archives: Siddarth Puri

Singing sopranos, Bulgarian folk music and a mix of European Renaissance music are just a few of the performances the UCLA Fowler Museum is featuring to spice up its image. “Fowler Out Loud,” a new performance series, kicks off its yearlong program on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. with performances by Scattertones, Random Voices, […]

Comedies and spoofs are central on this year’s menu of UCLA’s theater department play series. Kicking off their 2002-2003 series, third-year master of fine art students in the theater department present Christopher Durang’s “The Marriage of Bette and Boo” and Caryl Churchill’s “Cloud Nine,” directed by professors Larry Arrick and April Shawhan, respectively, starting tonight […]

In the rapidly changing world of theater, there are certain classics that remain on Broadway and continue to travel the national theater scene because of their timeless appeal. “RENT,” which will be at the Wilshire Theater from Nov. 13-17, has remained a favorite since its 1996 Broadway opening. The show was ground-breaking in its day, […]

As the price of modern machinery, such as computers and cell phones, decreases, the price of classical artwork continues to rise exponentially. Raphael’s “Madonna of the Pinks,” is one such classical painting. In the J. Paul Getty Museum’s esteem, it is worth a price tag that has estimatedly reached a phenomenal $50 million. Though Raphael’s […]

Cock fighting in Oklahoma and the reformation of marijuana laws ““ not only is Nov. 5 voting day, it’s also the opening day for UCLA’s second-year master’s of fine arts acting workshop. The first graduate theater event of the year, the workshop is led by faculty members Ellen Geer and Joe Olivieri, who are directing […]

Looking around UCLA, protesters and dissidents fill the campus. However, it’s often easy to forget the people who fought for their beliefs on the same soil generations ago. Dorothy Jones, a UCLA 1959 alumna, recaps her days as a radical during the McCarthy era in her second novel, “When Shadows Fell.” Beginning Saturday, she will […]

Those who say change is not a good thing haven’t seen the Cullberg Ballet perform its radical interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.” This two-hour ballet performed Friday and Saturday night in Royce Hall went by in a flash of bald heads and men in tutus. Who could ask for a more pleasant and entertaining evening? […]