UCLA LIVE REDISCOVERS ITS ROOTS AND AIMS FOR THE STARS.Byline: Evan Henerson Staff Writer Beginning Sept. 18 and for the next nine months, the same stage will see the likes of Kris Kristofferson and Steve Earle Steve Earle (born Stephen Fain Earle January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, well known for his rock and country music, as well as for his many political views. He is also a published writer, a political activist and has written and directed a play. , Frank Rich, Ute Lemper Ute Lemper (born July 4, 1963) is a German chanteuse and actress. Born in Münster, she graduated from the Dance Academy in Cologne and the Max Reinhardt Seminary Drama School in Vienna. At age 16, she joined the punk music group the Panama Drive Band. , Fredrica von Stade and David Sedaris David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is a Grammy Award-nominated American humorist and radio contributor. Sedaris came to prominence in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries. . UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Live's 2005-06 season, spread over three performance spaces and announced Wednesday, will also include Aimee Mann, Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. Early life Guthrie was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie and his wife Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, who was a one-time professional dancer with the Martha Graham and a three-week return visit from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. The Kronos Quartet Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers (from 1978 to 1999) had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola and and Asha Bhosle will perform Bollywood music and John Waters takes the stage at Royce Hall for what figures to be another bizzare yuletide celebration. In all, 72 events from more than 17 countries will play UCLA's Royce Hall, Freud Playhouse and Schoenberg Hall. UCLA Live director David Sefton, who estimates he sees between 300 and 400 performances a year around the world appreciates that he can put the L.A. recital debut of Chinese pianist Yundi Li (April 13, 2006) on the same slate as the electronica act Matmos (Oct. 1, 2005). ``It's a very broad spectrum, and that's really what we're all about,'' says Sefton. ``Excellence can be found in every single field.'' The 2005-06 season will see the return of UCLA's Roots Music Series, which highlights blues, country, bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. and folk music. Kristofferson and Earle kick off the series (and the UCLA Live season) Sept. 18, sharing the stage followed by folk icon Arlo Guthrie, whose `'Alice's Restaurant Massacre'' 40th anniversary tour plays Royce Hall Nov. 2. Other Roots Series highlights include Taj Mahal and Mavis Staples (April 27, 2006) and British singer Richard Thompson, whose ``1,000 Years of Popular Music'' (May 11) will touch on everything from the Beatles to Britney Spears. Jazz gets its due with the Omar Sosa Quartet featuring special guest Will Power (Oct. 22), bassist Marcus Miller (Oct. 25), a tribute to Billie Holiday (Oct. 28), and Alice Coltrane and the Dwight Trible Quintet (Feb. 18, 2006.) The new and popular music lineup will feature a 70th birthday celebration for Terry Riley (Oct. 1), Aimee Mann (Oct. 16), John Cale and the Tiger Lillies (Oct. 27), and German singer Ute Lemper. Mark Rylance, in his final seasons as artistic director of the Globe Shakespeare Company, brings his all-male ``original practices'' production of the Bard's ``Measure for Measure'' to the Freud Playhouse beginning Nov. 9. Rylance, who played the countess Olivia in the Globe's ``Twelfth Night'' tour in 2003, plays the long-absent Duke in ``Measure.'' ``('Measure') was a no brainer,'' says Sefton, who hasn't seen the production. ``Mark's departure was in the cards. He told me about it the last time he was here. So this last time with him being in the company, it had to be done.'' The Shakespeare play is part of UCLA Live's fourth annual International Theatre Festival, which also features companies and performers from Poland (Song of the Goat), Italy (Piccolo piccolo, small transverse flute pitched an octave higher than the standard flute. Its tone is bright and shrill, and it can produce the highest notes in the orchestral range. The piccolo is used in orchestras and especially in military bands. See fife. Teatro di Milano), Uganda (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine) and England (Forced Entertainment). Sarah Kane's suicide-themed drama ``4.48 Psychosis,'' which played as part of last year's festival, returns in a French version, ``4.48 Psychose,'' headlined by actress Isabelle Huppert. Spoken Word Series entries include NPR's Terry Gross (Sept. 22), author Alexander McCall Smith Alexander (R.A.A.) "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, (born August 24 1948) is a Rhodesian-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. (Nov. 4), actor/comedian John Cleese (March 18, 2006) and U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins sharing the stage with Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American country/folk singer-songwriter and guitarist with a diverse musical style. Biography Childhood (April 2, 2006). The series closes June 14, 2006, with a tribute to the works of Spalding Gray. The inclusion of Cleese - who brings his one-man show ``How to Skin an Ocelot'' on March 18, 2006 - was another triumph for Sefton, who claims he booked the performance within 10 minutes of knowing it existed. ``Given that much of my personal style is modeled on Basil Fawlty (Cleese's character in 'Fawlty Towers'), I'm glad to have John Cleese as part of my season,'' says Sefton. For tickets or more information, call (310) 825-2101 or visit www.UCLAlive.org. Evan Henerson, (818) 713-3651 evan.henerson(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Song of the Goat: ``Chronicles: A Lamentation lamentation, n a prayer expressing affliction or sorrow and requesting defense, retribution, or comfort. ,'' Oct. 12-16. (2 -- color) Shakespeare's ``Measure for Measure'': beginning Nov. 9 (3 -- color) Arlo Guthrie: Nov. 2 |
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