Category Archives: Arts

Hackett modernizes old plays UCLA professor directs comedies for Getty museum By Jeanna Blackman Imagine the Getty museum asking you to direct two ancient comedies. And ­ by the way ­ your work will be judged by theater-goers as well as specialists in ancient history. Director Michael Hackett, a UCLA theater professor, faced that exact […]

Serros thrust into spoken-word world UCLA student tours as road poet with Lollapalooza By Gaby Mora Daily Bruin Staff If you thought your summer was cool, imagine playing basketball with the Beastie Boys, performing on the same stage as Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, touring the country in a luxury liner, and most importantly, doing […]

Specials concert lacks excitement Despite good set, Palace show fails to rev up audience By Gaby Mora Daily Bruin Staff The most disappointing aspect of the Specials show at the Palace Friday night was the crowd leaving thinking they had seen the best of this legendary ska band. In contrast to the smiling fans that […]

‘Stargate’s’ Russell explains ‘strange reality to Hollywood’ By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Kurt Russell is in the middle of explaining the mathematical theory he uses to select his film projects. "There’s a strange reality to Hollywood," he says. "On a scale of one to 10, there are projects that are offered. Then on […]

Box set documents Prine’s truly ‘Great Days’ By Michael Tatum From marrying a belly dancer who encourages him to blow up his TV to wondering whether his cat’s death was an accident or a suicide, nobody comes close to capturing the "Big Old Goofy World" like John Prine. Most singer-songwriters who emerged in the 1970s […]

Beatts directs ‘Pants on Fire’ Former ‘SNL’ writer chooses a new path in one-woman play By Barbara Hernandez Daily Bruin Staff Former "Saturday Night Live" writer Anne Beatts finds it hard not to be homesick. Originally from New York, Beatts grew up in various parts of the East Coast, but something always called her back […]

Dahl’s latest ‘seduction’ With Last Seduction director Dahl takes noir from cable to big screen By Mike Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff John Dahl’s second feature film, Red Rock West, was released on video nationally and he hoped no one would watch it. The director’s third feature film, Last Seduction, played on HBO, and he […]