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Theater & Fine Arts

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March 8, 8:45 pm

LA Opera’s ‘Akhnaten’ slowly submerges viewers in sound, detailed visuals

As an audience member accurately put it, “Akhnaten” is quite a trip. Curtains rose on the LA Opera’s newest masterpiece at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Feb. 28, where it will remain until its sweeping finale March 22. Read more...

Photo: Yuntong Han (center) as the High Priest of Amon sits glowing in a golden hue as the winged ensemble stands in two rows above him. The LA Opera’s newest show, “Akhnaten” will be performed at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Feb. 28-March 22. (Courtesy of Cory Weaver/LA Opera)

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March 3, 6:58 pm

‘Virtue and Vice’ art exhibit explores messages of morality through drawings

This post was updated March 5 at 8:43 p.m. Find “Virtue and Vice” at the Getty Center this spring. “Virtue and Vice: Allegory in European Drawing” is on display at the Getty from March 3 to June 7. Read more...

Photo: Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s “Oh! If Only He Were as Faithful to Me,” is a brush with brown wash and black chalk piece. The Getty’s new drawing exhibition, “Virtue and Vice: Allegory in European Drawing,” opened on March 3 and will run until June 7. (Courtesy of Getty Museum)

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February 26, 11:56 am

UCLA’s Rapid Fire improv troop serves up on-the-fly laughs to Westwood audiences

This post was updated March 1 at 8:08 p.m. The lights come up in a Westwood apartment, and 11 Bruins solemnly rise around the cornucopia, but there is no Katniss in sight – and no script. Read more...

Photo: Members of UCLA’s only exclusively long-form improv troupe, Rapid Fire, gather in a circle. The club consists of nearly a dozen improvisers who perform free 45-minute shows in Westwood apartments along with collaborative shows featuring other college comedy groups. (Aiden Martinez/Daily Bruin)

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February 25, 6:14 pm

Unmaking ‘Made in L.A.:’ Will Rawls’ ‘Unmade’ highlights the systems behind LA

This post was updated March 1 at 8:21 p.m. Dancers drifted through the Hammer Museum, carrying cones, canvas and found objects in a choreography of construction. Read more...

Photo: Photo of an “Unmade” performance shows Maya Billig in the background and Gurmukhi Bevli in green, among other performers. UCLA faculty Will Rawls’s performance-based art show is part of the Hammer’s biennial show “Made in L.A.” (Courtesy of Sara Golonka)

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February 24, 2:25 pm

Theater review: Flawed foundation, confused goals cause ‘Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia’ to fall short

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)

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February 22, 4:24 pm

Line Dancing Club builds community, fosters connection one step at a time

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)

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February 19, 2:30 pm

Theater review: ‘Richard III’ deftly reimagines Shakespeare’s classic through standout acting

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)


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