Friday, July 3

‘August: Osage County’ production to be broadcast on radio

There will be no sets, no costumes and no 500-seat theater. However, the latest production of “August: Osage County” in Los Angeles will include two Tony Award winners and five members from the Steppenwolf and Broadway casts and will be recorded to be made accessible to a wider range of audiences than before. Read more...

Photo: The L.A. Theatre Works production of “August: Osage County” features a cast including Rondi Reed (left) and Deanna Dunagan (right). Performed at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater, the production will be recorded for radio and digital download. (Courtesy of Tristram Kenton)



Summer Music Preview

There’s no time like the summertime to catch up on new music, whether it’s at the beach in the sun, in the car stuck in typical L.A. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Interscope Records, ATO Records, RCA, Ultra Records and Drag City)


James Kidd Studio featured in ‘Made in LA 2014’

Twisting, twirling and gliding across a multicolored stage, the Sunland Dancers perform “Friend” in the courtyard of the Hammer Museum. “This is a new piece; we’ve done versions of it, but really this version is made for this stage – with this bamboo, with these people – and it’s never going to happen like this again,” said artist Jmy James Kidd. Read more...

Photo: (Noor Gill)


Hammer Museum’s ‘Made in LA 2014’ celebrates city’s artists

Not only is every gallery of the UCLA Hammer Museum filled with art, but so are the lobby, the courtyard and even the hallways. “Made in L.A. Read more...

Photo: Every space inside and outside the Hammer Museum is overflowing with the work of “Made in L.A. 2014,” its biennial exhibition. In artist Samara Golden’s room, her ongoing piece “Busts: My Personal Winter” imposes the faces of those who interact with it onto modified dolls. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)


‘Keeping Up With the Guptas’ creator makes deal with 20th Century Fox

UCLA alumnus Sunny Tripathy entered a general meeting at 20th Century Fox hoping to work as a staffer for one of the network’s television shows. He walked out of the meeting with his own TV development deal. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus Sunny Tripathy recently reached a television deal with 20th Century Fox. While most of the show’s details are undisclosed, Tripathy’s series will be based on his personal and family experiences. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Students petition to maintain choral programs at UCLA

As longtime choral conductor and director Donald Neuen prepared for his departure from UCLA this past spring, the Choral Excellence Association at UCLA began to see signs that its programs, and possibly the department, might be leaving with him. Read more...

Photo: After the retirement of longtime choral conductor and director Donald Neuen, the choral program at UCLA faces a series of cutbacks, including classes, the graduate school’s program in choral conducting and UCLA’s Choral Outreach Program. The Choral Excellence Association at UCLA has formed an online petition asking administrators to rethink their decision. (Courtesy of Peter Dai)