Janani Venkateswaran

The Lack of Diversity Within the Media

What does one see nowadays in media outlets, sitcoms and TV shows? The same non-representation of Person(s) of Color (PoC) and the stereotypes of...

UCI Drama Presents: Man of La Mancha

  Claire Trevor’s Drama Department will commence its 2015-16 season  themed “Care, Cure and Corruption” with the first production, “Man of La Mancha.” This will...

‘Elsewhere’ Here at Claire Trevor

  Counter-Balance Theater returns to UC Irvine as part of the Chancellor’s Illuminations initiative with “Elsewhere” — a play based on the Kazuo Ishiguro’s book...

An Evening with James Franco

James Franco — actor, director, writer, artist and teacher — commanded the attention of 700 screaming students gathered in UC Irvine’s Barclay Theater Saturday...

Vietgone: A Vietnamese Perspective

When we imagine war, we tend to envision it exclusively from the lens of our own national origin. We rarely consider WWII from the...

An Odyssey to Illumination with Counter-Balance Theater

  Counter-Balance Theater, a theater group under the direction of UCI professor Annie Loui, performed their take on Stephen Mitchell’s translation of the classic Homer...

‘Boeing’ Delivers Top Flight Entertainment

Have you ever laughed so much that your stomach hurt and you had tears in your eyes? If not, then I strongly recommend that...

‘Unfinished Business’ Feels Incomplete

The movie starts out with Daniel Trunkman (Vince Vaughn) arguing with his boss Chuck (Sienna Miller) about a 5% pay decrease. He refuses to...

Poignant ‘Plain’ of Past History

“The Liquid Plain” opened at the Robert Cohen Theatre on Jan. 31. The entire first act is set in 1791 on the docks of...

Another ‘Door’ Opens for LGBTQIA Awareness

  Homosexuality, hate crimes, the loss of a loved one and its effects, are some of the central themes of the play “The Door” by...

Jealousy and Sex in the South

Tennessee Williams’ famous 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” opened in the Humanities Hall Little Theater this past Saturday. The theme...

The Drama of ‘Metamorphoses’

The word metamorphoses comes from the Greek language, meaning “process of changing shape.” This was elegantly portrayed in the UCI production of Mary Zimmerman’s...

“10 Hours in New York:” A Narrow Perspective

Two weeks ago, a video went viral on the internet. It was that of a woman walking around New York, mostly in areas in...

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