Amber Noizumi

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• L.A.’s ‘Producers’ falls short of original

  June 4, 2003 at midnight

  No one really expected the L.A. production of “The Producers” to eclipse or even match the original Broadway show that nabbed 12 Tonys, breaking “Hello Dolly’s” 1964 all-time record. After ...

• Professor analyzes play's impact with class

  May 25, 2003 at midnight

  English Professor Deborah Banner teaches a literature class titled “Rocket’s Red Glare: 20th Century American War narrative.” Her syllabus includes the tribal rock musical “Hair.” Daily Bruin: Why are people ...

• Identity Crisis

  May 18, 2003 at midnight

  A lot of people live their lives according to what they call the “American way.” They champion First Amendment rights, spit on communism and tyranny, and can’t get enough of ...

• Take a look, it's in a book!

  April 20, 2003 at midnight

  Mobs of screaming fans, paparazzi following your every move and a complete loss of privacy might be the accepted reality for the typical celebrity. But what about authors, people like ...

• Book Reviews

  April 2, 2003 at midnight

  “The Orchid Thief” By Susan Orlean Ballantine Books Those expecting to read an extended version of “Adaptation” when picking up “The Orchid Thief” will be in for quite a surprise. ...

• Dual Identity

  April 2, 2003 at midnight

  Going to meet writer Susan Orlean at the Avalon Hotel, I don’t know if I was subconsciously expecting to find Meryl Streep donning a straw hat and clutching a potted ...

• Deck the walls

  March 13, 2003 at midnight

  It may be three months after Christmas, but the Associated Students of UCLA is decking the halls of the student union with student-created artwork. The ASUCLA Student Commissioned Art Program ...

• More than a muse

  March 5, 2003 at midnight

  Many have deemed Lee Miller a “muse” for her mysterious, sexual beauty and her status as inspiring lover, wife or object of desire to prominent artists such as Man Ray, ...

• A realist complex

  Feb. 11, 2003 at midnight

  Some cultures believe that when a person’s photograph is taken, their soul is stolen. Well beyond the advent of the camera, British painter Lucian Freud’s portrait painting simply borrows his ...

• Weak performances mar charm of ‘Rose and Walsh’

  Feb. 10, 2003 at midnight

  It’s so fashionable for merlot-sipping theater snobs to dismiss Neil Simon’s plays as sappy comic drivel, especially with his last two endeavors, “45 Seconds from Broadway” and “The Dinner Party,” ...