Maybe the real Holy Grail in “Spamalot” was the laughs along the way. HOOLIGAN Theatre Company’s rendition of the satirical musical takes the mainstage at the Freud Playhouse starting Friday. Read more...
Photo: The cast of Monty Python’s “Spamalot” perform in front of a blue-hued stage. Based on the film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the musical is put on by HOOLIGAN Theatre Company and will begin its run on April 21. (Jenny Xu/Daily Bruin)
Taiwanese Culture Night will honor culture while exploring personal identity. The event will take place Thursday in Royce Hall for the first time since before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more...
Photo: Second-year opera student Leland Smith and second-year statistics student Catherine Tong hold hands as George and Grace in “Make it With You.” The play will serve as the primary performance of this year’s Taiwanese Culture Night. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)
“The Lonely Few” is hitting all the right notes – loudly. Zoe Sarnak and Rachel Bonds’ rock musical, which marks the Geffen Playhouse’s first commission since 2020, delivers a deafening narrative about two lesbian artists navigating their feelings for one another and their desire to succeed in the music industry. Read more...
Photo: Ciara Renée (left) and Lauren Patten (right) play Amy and Lila in “The Lonely Few.” The Geffen Playhouse production will run until April 30. (Courtesy of Jeff Lorch)
Vinny Roca is spotlighting raw structural computer graphics in “ALL THERE IS.” The design media arts graduate student recently programmed his newest game, “ALL THERE IS.” As the center of Roca’s solo exhibition on display in the Broad Art Center from Tuesday to Thursday, “ALL THERE IS” is a one- to four-player game in which the user can enter objects in a room to become them. Read more...
Photo: Design media arts graduate student Vinny Roca stands in front of a projection of his game “ALL THERE IS.” The project will be playable and on display in a solo exhibition from Roca in the Broad Art Center through Thursday. (Neha Krishnakumar/Daily Bruin)
Doyeon Kim remedies spatial disconnection through immersive installations. The design media arts graduate student said he began creating computer graphics in 2018 – a shift from his undergraduate practice of oil painting and photography. Read more...
Photo: In a darkly lit space, Doyeon Kim stands atop his latest video installation, “Drift.” Flowing toward the center of the piece, yellow life rafts serve as the core symbol of the piece, which the design media arts graduate student said centers on themes of self, home and migration. (Courtesy of Doyeon Kim)
Alexia Magdaleno is entwining ecology and emotion through multimedia. The fourth-year design media arts student said their growth as an artist is intimately tied to their journey as a first-generation Mexican student. Read more...
Photo: Alexia Magdaleno stands in front of the Broad Art Center dressed in green. The fourth-year design media arts student creates multimedia works inspired by topics like the natural world and their hometown. (Alice Yang/Daily Bruin)
The Ahmanson Theatre is breathing life back into “The Secret Garden.” Adapted from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 novel, the musical revival of “The Secret Garden” is running at the Ahmanson Theatre until March 26. Read more...
Photo: The cast of “The Secret Garden” performs on a petal-covered stage. Running until March 26 at the Ahmanson Theatre, the musical follows orphan Mary Lennox as she navigates her grief. (Courtesy of Matthew Murphy/MurphyMade)
