Mia Reyes purchased a ticket to attend a live taping of her favorite television show as soon as she turned 18. “The Big Bang Theory” audience was already at full capacity when she arrived in August, and she was turned away. One month later on Sept. 29, the aerospace engineer student would visit the set […]
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Hear This Not That: Green Day’s album evokes pre-teen nostalgia, Sum 41’s lacks maturity
Music fans can find it hard to decide which albums to stream and which to skip, considering the surplus of new music released. Each week, A&E columnist Sean Lee will compare two newly released albums and recommend which one students should listen to. For this installation, Lee compares the throwback sounds of Sum 41’s latest […]
Alum couple weaves set for dance, puppet show ‘Strings Attached’
Set and prop designers Lisa Lechuga and Evan Bartoletti spent the past three years pulling strings to bring their latest piece to life. Alumni Lechuga and Bartoletti founded Lechetti Art & Design, a scenic design company that specializes in creating sets for theater and live events. The two share a 12-year professional partnership, combining their […]
Photo: The Lumineers perform at Hollywood Bowl
For its first time at the Hollywood Bowl, The Lumineers played its hit song “Ho Hey” and finished with “Stubborn Love.” The band consists of Wesley Schultz, Jeremiah Fraites and Neyla Pekarek. Schultz, lead vocalist and guitarist, wrote the hook for the band’s folk ballad “Ophelia.” Fraites, drummer and pianist, formed the group in 2002 with Schultz […]
Theater meets psychiatry in play about mental illness and ‘Friends’
Joseph Mango knows friends can be the best therapy – and Phoebe, Joey, Rachel, Ross, Chandler and Monica are the best therapists. Mango, a senior public administrative analyst for the UCLA Center for Health Services and Society, penned a play called “The One With Friends,” about a struggling Los Angeles actor who meets a writer […]
Alumna earns Emmy nomination for casting ‘Roots’
Forty-three UCLA staff members and alumni were involved in projects nominated for the 2016 Emmy awards in 16 different categories. Over the course of four weeks, the A&E staff will feature some of these UCLA-affiliated nominees and their projects. Victoria Thomas knew she wouldn’t find her show’s leading man in Los Angeles. Thomas didn’t want […]
Alumnus creates medley of cinema, live film score performance with “The Godfather”
Listening to the iconic film scores of John Williams and other greats struck passion into 7-year-old Justin Freer. He knew he wanted to conduct the sounds accompanying the screen. On Saturday, the UCLA alumnus stood at the podium at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in front of an orchestra and packed theater, conductor’s baton […]