Although Los Angeles doesn’t get snow, the stage production of “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” provides plenty of holiday spirit and song. “White Christmas,” which opened Tuesday at the Pantages Theater and runs until Sunday, revels in the classic song and dance of 1950s Broadway musicals, providing a lighthearted way to ring in the holiday season. […]
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Student orchestra brings harmony to HOOLIGAN’s rendition of ‘Pippin’
A swelling grand piano and silky strings echo behind the scene as a man in a glittering jacket softly serenades a woman dressed in a leotard. Then the man begins to dance and the music adjusts with clamorous snares, lively winds and vibrant horns energizing the scene. Thursday through Saturday, the HOOLIGAN orchestra will accompany […]
Students identify with coming-of-age hardships explored in ‘Pippin’
Elijah Green no longer had time to watch cartoons when he entered the adult world. But adult pressures often contribute to great artistic works, Green said. His directorial pursuit is a reimagined version of “Pippin,” a coming-of-age show about the title character grappling with adult responsibilities. Thursday through Saturday, HOOLIGAN Theatre Company will perform its […]
UCLA art scholarship winners exhibit works through variety of mediums
UCLA art faculty awarded the art department’s Undergraduate Art Scholarship award in spring to 28 student artists whose works range in medium from photography to ceramics to sculpture to film. The recipients of the Undergraduate Art Scholarships received awards between $1,000 and $5,000, and their work will be displayed in the New Wight Gallery at […]
Show review: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Toruk’ revisits world of ‘Avatar’
“Avatar” film fans can use 3-D glasses to immerse themselves in the fantasy realm of Pandora. But in Cirque du Soleil’s “Toruk – The First Flight,” viewers can plunge into Pandora and experience its inhabitants twist, teeter and tumble firsthand. On Friday night, the Staples Center transformed from a sports arena to a circus tent, […]
Actors step into and out of multiple characters in play ‘The 39 Steps’
Four actors cycled through imaginary and real hats inside a classroom in the Luskin School of Public Affairs building, changing their appearance and demeanor on a dime. In their upcoming play, these four actors portray over 30 roles collectively, each playing characters ranging from a traditional noir hero on the run to a man with […]
Art exhibit celebrates history of Boyle Heights neighborhood
Alan Leve counted the bumper stickers for presidential candidates Franklin Roosevelt and Alfred Landon while he was a child growing up in Boyle Heights in the 1930s. He frequently visited a soda shop that served ice cream cones shaped like volcanoes. “It was a warm friendly environment – people cared about each other,” said Leve, […]