As audience members wave their hands in appreciation, fingers spread next to their faces, they enter a different world where applause is silent. More and more the deaf community is breaking into popular media through popular shows like “Switched at Birth” and well-known deaf performers, challenging the perceived stigma associated with deafness. Similarly UCLA’s American […]
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A night at the Getty Museum for college students
The J. Paul Getty Museum, usually silent and empty on Monday nights, will be filled with the sound of thousands of college students tonight. At least 2,500 students are expected to participate in the Getty’s annual College Night this evening. All college students from around the Los Angeles area are invited to participate in the […]
HOOLIGAN Theatre Company takes stage with ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ musical comedy
Director Harris Tucker wanted raw excitement and energy from the cast in its “fun run” rehearsal. His cast countered by delivering its already comedic lines in Scottish accents and Christopher Walken impersonations. While the first HOOLIGAN Theatre Company show “Titanic” opened last weekend in the Freud Playhouse as a drama, the second production of the […]
UCLA student performs stage combat techniques in live shows
On stage the armored comic book characters come to life, incorporating elements of gymnastics, acrobatics and martial arts.
‘Titanic’ musical embarks on stage through UCLA’s Hooligan Theatre Company
It’s the ship that launched a thousand theatrical retellings. Friday night in the Freud Playhouse, UCLA’s Hooligan Theatre Company opens its production of the Tony Award-winning musical “Titanic.” The musical version highlights different passengers’ vantage points during the catastrophe. The cast, composed of almost 40 people in a wide range of majors, fundraised for the […]
Shakespeare at UCLA takes the stage with ‘King Lear’
Each evening this week, a group of students dressed in Elizabethan garb will practice sword fights and rehearse their lines. In addition to gearing up for finals, these students have Shakespeare on the brain. Tonight and tomorrow night, a 17-person cast from Shakespeare at UCLA will perform the tragedy “King Lear.” Mallin Alter, a fourth-year […]
Artists express their take on ills of social, political issues
Create an art exhibition or write a paper – these were the final project choices Professor Paul Von Blum gave his Critical Vision class at the beginning of the quarter.