Maya Drake dances in an orange shirt and dark jeans. The 19-year-old makes her professional stage debut in “Hell’s Kitchen.” (Courtesy of Marc J. Franklin)
To Alicia Keys, “Hell’s Kitchen” is still a concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
Featuring music and lyrics by Keys, inspiration from a book by Kristoffer Diaz and direction by Michael Greif, “Hell’s Kitchen” is a coming-of-age musical about a biracial teenager growing up in the city of dreams.
This season’s music videos are immortalizing iconic releases.
With pop stars taking the lead on spring releases, recent music videos have continued the storytelling trend seen at the beginning of the year.
This post was updated May 25 at 7:50 p.m.
Before, many attendees may not have known exactly who they were watching this evening. After, it would be hard to forget.
It’s never too late to revamp the playlist.
With the inconsistency of the spring weather, each day calls for a new sonic vibe. Luckily, there are new emerging acts across genres, providing listeners with a wide variety of options to soundtrack their day.
Drake is back with not just one album, but three.
The artist had not dropped a solo album since 2023. That changed Friday with the simultaneous release of the previously teased “ICEMAN,” as well as “MAID OF HONOUR” and “HABIBTI.” Collectively, the three LPs include 43 fresh songs across 150 minutes of new music.
This post was updated May 18 at 9:16 p.m.
Spring air carried song into Royce Hall.
With 12 acts throughout the night, Spring Sing returned to Royce Hall on Saturday night after taking place at the Los Angeles Tennis Center last year.
The “Scatt” sound is making its way to the Spring Sing stage.
For the first time since 2023, the student-led a cappella group ScatterTones will perform at Spring Sing today in Royce Hall.
This post was updated May 20 at 12:22 a.m.
Raye’s concert was a form of escapism, allowing audience members to lose themselves in stage design, energy and vocal performance.
Eighty years is a long time to keep singing.
Since 1945, Spring Sing has been one of UCLA’s most enduring traditions, born from the kind of spirited, chest-puffing fraternity rivalry that only a campus on the cusp of World War II’s end could produce.
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