Colleen Koestner

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• Theater just a bit off center – stage, that is

  March 6, 2009 at 12:01 a.m.

  Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre once barred female actors from the stage.

• Search for hope takes center stage

  Jan. 12, 2009 at 12:37 a.m.

  Most UCLA students may recall the anxiety of breaking the umbilical cord upon going away to college, but at least this transition didn’t last 150 years.

• Pushing societal boundaries

  Nov. 18, 2008 at 2:50 a.m.

  Dancer, performer and UCLA student Sheetal Gandhi once went a year without shampoo. Standing in a supermarket aisle, she found herself despairingly confounded by a bottomless variety of choices in the product.

• Artistic Allies

  Oct. 2, 2008 at midnight

  As a scenic artist in the entertainment industry, Bridget Duffy has painted around wild animals, worked in Japan, and even helped to create a banner that broke through the Earth’s atmosphere on a NASA shuttle. But this past month she was given a much different artistic opportunity

• Fowler uses one kind of art to promote another

  Aug. 11, 2008 at 12:01 a.m.

  Those familiar with the streets of Los Angeles may recognize countless museum banners that line the sidewalks, enticing potential museum-goers. However, the Fowler Museum prefers a more active form of advertisement.

• Unique sound design takes 3-D approach to theatre

  June 23, 2008 at 1:16 a.m.

  Bose headphones replace flimsy blue- and red-lensed glasses in L.A.’s newest revival of The Who’s “Tommy,” a production that features 3-D sound for the first time in theatre history.

• Breaking and entertaining

  May 21, 2008 at 12:41 a.m.

  The script of “Little Miss Sunshine” called for “violent pelvic thrusts.”

• Festival showcases LA’s new musicals

  May 5, 2008 at 1:31 a.m.

  With the world of Broadway 3,000 miles away, Los Angeles is not always recognized for its musical theater. However, Marcia Seligson aims to change that.

• Alumnus returning for literary celebration

  April 24, 2008 at 12:51 a.m.

  Writers from all over the world will be swarming the UCLA campus this weekend. Mixed among these literary expatriates rests a UCLA native.

• Historical Hijinks

  April 15, 2008 at 12:24 a.m.

  Chris La Monte has a few tricks up his sleeve to lure students to a play about American history.