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...

Spring, the unofficial season of culture nights, will add another event to its repertoire this weekend with A Night of Cultura production. “The Last American Bar” is the first-ever Chicano/Raza/Latino/Hispanic culture night and will take place at the Northwest Campus Auditorium this Friday and Saturday. Read more...

The bright lights of Broadway are flashing. Consider them warning lights. UCLA graduate theater student Jodie Langel’s new tell-all book on the ins and outs of life on Broadway might ultimately celebrate that life ““ as do hundreds of other books already on the shelves. Read more...

DRITA: The Albanian Folk Orchestra Fowler Museum Today, 6 p.m. DRITA, meaning “the light,” will perform Albanian traditional music and songs from all regions of Albania, using clarinet, accordion, violin, dajre, llaute and cifteli. Read more...

“In America” Ackerman Grand Ballroom Today and Friday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Though Samantha Morton and Djimon Hounsou were nominated for acting Oscars this year, the real star of the movie is Jim Sheridan’s screenplay, written with the help of his daughters Naomi and Kirsten. Read more...

“Coffee and Cigarettes” Directed by Jim Jarmusch United Artists Never has a little nicotine and tobacco been so filling. “Coffee and Cigarettes,” the new film by director Jim Jarmusch, presents a look at daily life in the form of many short black-and-white vignettes, all interconnected by the presence of the two little title addictions. Read more...

Eugene Hütz is like a wedding singer, birthday party clown and Jackass cast member rolled into one skinny Ukrainian man with a handle-bar moustache. With acrobatic flips, magic tricks and an indulgence in harming equipment and himself to embellish his rough musical act, the frontman of Gogol Bordello violently stretches the role of a singer. Read more...