What makes “Urinetown,” and especially the touring production that opened a two-week run at the Wilshire Theatre on Tuesday night, work so well as a musical comedy is not that it manages to make good use of its preposterous main conceit in spite of itself. Read more...
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May 12, 9:00 pm
John Rando flushes out a big success with “˜Urinetown’
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May 12, 9:00 pm
Lessons learned by a self-proclaimed gambling addict
Hi. My name is Sommer. And I have a gambling problem. At least, I think I might. But it’s just so hard to be sure these days. Read more...
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May 12, 9:00 pm
Soundbites
The Beta Band “Heroes To Zeros” Astralwerks The Beta Band may have been introduced to you during that scene in “High Fidelity” when Rob (John Cusack) predicts he’ll sell five copies of “The Three EPs” just by playing it in the store. Read more...
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May 12, 9:00 pm
Poker takes hold as newest pastime
There’s no greater exhilaration in No-Limit Texas Hold ’em than hearing a poker player declare, “All in.” Even when the fateful words are uttered by a dirt-poor college student in sweatpants, playing in a game where “no limit” hardly amounts to a triple-digit pot, “all in” is still “all in.” From red, white and blue poker chips to Hold ’em lingo like flop, turn, river and kicker, the sights and sounds of the increasingly popular poker game are becoming ubiquitous throughout the dorms and apartments around campus. Read more...
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May 12, 9:00 pm
Calendar: Theater & Arts
“Right Lies” Stella Adler Complex Now through June 12 How refreshing to see a California governor who’s not Arnold Schwarzenegger, even if he’s on stage and not such a nice guy. Read more...
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May 12, 9:00 pm
Archive shelves the superficial to show a more real L.A.
Living in Los Angeles, UCLA students have come to accept certain stereotypes associated with the city: sun, gangs, traffic and Hollywood. The UCLA Film and Television Archive is trying to smash those stereotypes with their new film series “Los Angeles: Sight Unseen.” “Sight Unseen” is an attempt by the Archive to present films that appeal to L.A. Read more...
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May 12, 9:00 pm
Straight from the director’s mouth: Do what you love
He’s funny, he’s wacky, and he’s got his hands on a coveted Tony. Fresh from the award-winning Broadway run of the hit musical “Urinetown,” UCLA alumnus and theater director extraordinaire John Rando recently directed Steve Martin’s “The Underpants” at the Geffen Theater, to rave reviews and an all-round rollickin’ good time. Read more...