“Barbecue” skewers racial stereotypes, addiction and typical representations of the American family and sears them to their very core. The delightfully crass comedy, showing at the Geffen Playhouse until Oct. Read more...
Photo: Playwright Robert O’Hara’s comedy “Barbeque” is playing at the Geffen Playhouse. The play tells the story of two American families confronting issues of racial stereotyping and addiction. (Courtesy of Jeff Lorch Photography)
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. Read more...
Photo: Alumni Evan Bartoletti and Lisa Lechuga form design company Lechetti Designs. Their latest project together involved designing sets and puppets for the show “Voices Carry,” an interdisciplinary production involving dance, abstract puppetry, music and performance art in Downtown Los Angeles. (Courtesy of Silvia Spross)
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. Read more...
Photo: The Lumineers performed at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday for the Cleopatra World Tour. (Mackenzie Possee/Assistant photo editor)
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 who is scripting a reunion episode for the television show “Friends.” Both the main characters of the play, which will debut at the Tamkin Auditorium on Friday, struggle with depression and eventually find comfort and healing through their newfound companionship and mutual love for “Friends.” Mango, a lifelong “Friends” enthusiast, incorporated more than just his love of the 1990s sitcom into his play. Read more...
Photo: UCLA employee Joseph Mango (right) wrote the play “The One With Friends” about characters with mental illnesses that find friendship over a shared interest in the sitcom “Friends.” (Anthony Tran/Daily Bruin)
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. Read more...
Photo: Casting director Victoria Thomas, who attended UCLA, searched around the world to cast the lead character Kunta Kinte in the television miniseries “Roots.” The show was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special in 2016. (Courtesy of Tribeca Film Festival)
Members of Miike Snow created their newest album by sending files back and forth online between their residences in Bangkok, Stockholm, New York and Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Indie pop trio Miike Snow will perform at the Shrine Auditorum on Thursday. The group, which formed in 2007, includes Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt. (Courtesy of Downtown Records)
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. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Justin Freer is the conductor and founder of CineConcerts, a live orchestral performance, which accompanies film showings at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The orchestra performed alongside “The Godfather” on Saturday. (Courtesy of Segerstrom Center for the Arts)
