This post was updated Feb. 26 at 8:28 p.m. “Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia” is a valentine, a dialectic and a seance, but it is not quite sure which one to believe in. Read more...
Photo: Marianna Gailus as Sylvia Plath (left) and Cillian O’Sullivan as Ted Hughes (right) pose intimately with their foreheads pressed together. Written by Beth Hyland, the award-winning production “Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia” debuted at the Geffen Playhouse Feb. 4. (Courtesy of Jeff Lorch)
This post was updated Feb. 24 at 9:20 p.m. UCLA’s pioneer Line Dancing club builds community to the beat of its own drum. Offering bimonthly meetings that are drop-in, the Line Dancing club draws a diversity of experience levels, said Ava Raymer, club co-founder and fourth-year chemical engineering student. Read more...
Photo: Attendees dance in UCLA Parking Structure 7 at a Line Dancing club meeting. Fio Fabiano said the club encourages members to find themselves through a noncompetitive form of dance. (Pranav Akella/Daily Bruin)
Warning: Spoilers ahead. With “Richard III,” a villainous rise to power feels prescient and profoundly entertaining. A Noise Within in Pasadena is presenting an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III” through March 8. Read more...
Photo: The ensemble of “Richard III” gathers in a circle and gazes up at an individual in a crown standing on a ladder. A Noise Within in Pasadena is presenting an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play through March 8. (Courtesy of Craig Schwartz)
This post was updated March 2 at 1:11 p.m. Peyton Whiteside designs a “Macbeth” where the witches wear knee-high boots. The 2024 UCLA alumnus serves as assistant scenic designer for the world premiere of Migdalia Cruz’s adaptation of “Macbeth.” The production opens Mar. Read more...
Photo: Peyton Whiteside is pictured wearing a bright yellow coat with a hood set against a blue sky. The UCLA alumnus is the assistant scenic designer for the world premiere of Migdalia Cruz’s adaptation of “Macbeth,” which opens Mar. 18 at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco. (Courtesy of Peyton Whiteside)
This post was updated Feb. 16 at 9:35 p.m. With the overdue winter weather, art exhibits are the perfect place to wait out the rain. Across Los Angeles, museums have exciting new collections for art lovers. Read more...
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The Shakespeare Company at UCLA extended beyond its previous productions with their fall production, “The Pliant Girls.” On Nov. 21, the Shakespeare Company opened its theater doors for the first public showing of the 2025-26 school year. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Shakespeare Company at UCLA pose for a fun group photo beneath blue-purple lighting. Written by Meghan Brown and directed by second-year theater student Mia Perez, “The Pliant Girls” features five leading women and introduces what it means to be a girl living within a patriarchy. (Courtesy of An Tran)
For one UCLA student, a celebrated alumnus has offered an extra boost to her educational pursuits. Alexa Cruz, a first-year theater student with an emphasis in musical theater, is the inaugural recipient of the Carol Burnett Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship in Musical Theater. Read more...
Photo: Carol Burnett (left) and Alexa Cruz (right) pose together. On meeting Burnett, Cruz said people emphasized that her name being put alongside Burnett’s spelled future success for her career. (Courtesy of Sebastian Hernandez/UCLA)
