By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Contributor “Shockheaded Peter” is billed as a junk opera, and there really is no better analogy for the play. Based on the classic 18th century didactic German storybook “Struwwelpeter” by Heinrich Hoffmann, the play presents a rogue’s gallery of naughty children, bullies, thumb-suckers, and kids who play with matches. Read more...

By Allison Hunter Daily Bruin Contributor There’s no business like show business, and no one knows that better than Gil Cates. An Emmy award-winning director and producer, Cates was honored with a special tribute Wednesday evening for his numerous contributions to the entertainment industry as well as his work as founding dean of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. Read more...

By Chris Young Daily Bruin Contributor Besides the Laker game, there was another big event in downtown L.A. Wednesday night. Three generations of musicians congregated at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to recreate the sounds of a past era in Los Angeles: Central Avenue, the vanguard of Los Angeles’ jazz scene in the first half of the twentieth century. Read more...

We’ve all heard the aphorism that says if you can’t take the heat, you ought to get out of the kitchen, right? Well, apparently all of us except for Fiona Apple. Read more...

“Center Stage” Starring Amanda Schull and Peter Gallagher Directed by Nicholas Hytner Years have passed since we had a sexy group of young people dancing… in a movie, that is. Read more...

By Angela Salazar Daily Bruin Senior Staff Thumb-sucking children have more to fear than getting an overbite. In the morbid style of Tim Burton and Edward Gorey, “Shockheaded Peter” tells tales of strangely entertaining ways to punish disobedient children. Read more...

David Gray “White Ladder” ATO Records The windows are open and the rumbling trucks roll past the small house in London where David Gray is recording his fourth, self-financed album. Read more...