A&E Briefs
By Daily Bruin Staff
Jan. 30, 2002 9:00 p.m.
THEATER
The Tony Award-winning, original Broadway musical “Into
the Woods” opens Feb. 1 with its less expensive previews
priced from $32.50-$67.50. Playing at the Ahmanson Theater, cast
members include Vanessa Williams as “The Witch” and
John McMartin as “The Narrator/Mysterious Man.” For
more information and to purchase tickets, call CTG Audience
Services at (213) 628-2772 or visit www.TaperAhmanson.com.
New York-based SITI Company presents “Room,” a solo
performance by Ellen Lauren that journeys through the life and
thoughts of writer Virginia Woolf. It plays now through Sunday,
Feb. 3, at 8 p.m. each night at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse. For
more information or to purchase tickets, contact the UCLA Central
Ticket Office at (310) 825-2101.
Jeroen Willems performs in “Voices” at UCLA’s
Macgowan Little Theater, now through Sunday, Feb. 3 at 8:30 p.m. He
plays five different characters, who discuss the many faces of
power. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the
UCLA Central Ticket Office at (310) 825-2101.
ART
“L.A. on My Mind: Recent Acquisitions from MOCA’s
Collection” is an exhibit at the Pacific Design Center
featuring works created by emerging Angelino artists. This Sunday,
Feb. 3, there will be an art talk with artist Adam Ross at 3 p.m.
For more information call (310) 289-5223.
FILM
In “Birthday Girl,” opening Friday, Nicole Kidman
plays a Russian mail-order bride who marries a sexually repressed
American man. The two can’t communicate due to a language
barrier. But who needs talking when you’ve got wild,
passionate sex with Nicole Kidman?
Also opening Friday is the movie “Slackers,” a story
about a group of students cheating their way through college. It
almost works until a nerd discovers their dishonest ways and
blackmails the slackers in order to get a girl. Cheaters never
prosper, but apparently the nerds who blackmail them do.
MUSIC
Veteran rocker Jonathan Richaman, influenced by the Velvet
Underground, will be performing at the El Rey theater on Friday. To
purchase tickets call Ticketmaster (213) 480-3232.
Catrin Finch will be playing the harp at Royce Hall on Sunday,
Feb. 3, at 4 p.m. She is the first “Royal Harpist” to
the Prince of Wales since the last was appointed in 1871, and has
won many other awards. Also featured will be the baritone opera
singer Thomas Hampson. Tickets can be purchased through the Central
Ticket Office at (310)825-2101.
