Mitski Shows Shines Light on School’s Show Biz History

When Mitski wraps up a five-night residency at Hollywood High School this weekend, it will conclude an engagement that follows in a very limited tradition of rock or pop stars doing shows in the school’s 1,900-seat auditorium, preceded most famously by Elvis Costello in 1978 and Morrissey in 2013.

But in a broader sense, the run of concerts can be seen as a reinforcement of the…