By Carol Davis ESCONDIDO, California—If you’ve not seen Randall Dodge in The Pirates of Penzance, The Fantastics, Annie Get Your Gun, The Sound of Music and a host of other musicals in and around San Diego, I suggest you high tail it up to the Welk Resort Village Theatre in Escondido to see and hear this […]
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By Loren Kantor STUDIO CITY, California –Billy Wilder is one of Hollywood’s all-time great filmmakers. His movies ranged from film noir to screwball comedy and they were known for tight plots and memorable dialogue. Wilder despised sentiment and he sought to tell stories as simply and elegantly as possible. To Wilder, “the best director is
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—It’s hard to believe that the San Diego Opera will be beginning its 48th International season in January the 26th to be exact. As a long time opera aficionado, I couldn’t be happier and for several reasons not the least being the choices Artistic Director Ian Campbell has made for
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By Carol Davis CHULA VISTA, California—As a romantic, (I readily admit it) I welcome a good love story with a happy ending. Somehow or other though, sitting through Jane Austen’s last novel “Persuasion”, as adapted for the stage by Jon Jory and now in a World Premiere production at OnStage Playhouse, the thought came to
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, The ArtsBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — Like it or not, we all have a mortal time clock ticking somewhere in our bodies. For most it’s located in or around the heart. In playwright Marisa Wegrzny thought provoking but off the wall dark comedy “Hickorydickory”, the Wicker Family of ‘Wicker’s Watch & Clock Repair shop in
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By Joel A Moskowitz M D LA JOLLA, California — Claudia Stevens, a multi-talented actress, singer, drummer, and historian brought to life “Madame F” on Monday evening, Nov. 26, at the Recital Hall of Mandeville Auditorium UCSD. Madame F is the abbreviated name for Fanja Fanelson (Goldstein) who was an award winning pianist. While she
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California—When the La Jolla Playhouse promises a fourteen-foot tall robot, you better believe it delivers. And when they promise the sounds of the band Flaming Lips they deliver on that one too. And when they combine the two, hold on to your hats because former Playhouse Artistic Director Des
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Congregation Beth Israel closed out the celebration of its sesquicentennial year with a nostalgic concert by Mandy Patinkin on Saturday evening, November 17, at Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall. Patinkin, who has had starring roles on Broadway, in movies and in television series, took the Qualcomm stage following
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California — In 1937 George and Ira Gershwin wrote the score for the movie Shall We Dance. Included in the score was the classic “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”… no they can’t. Ira, of course wrote the lyrics and George the music. Together they would go on to
‘Words by’ production is pedestrian Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis CORONADO, California — Hang on to your hats, join in on the fun and get ready for an 80 day around-the-world adventure that will only take a little over two hours of your time, but it will be time well spent. Forget about the balloon and put on your imagination caps for
“Around The World in 80 Days” “Oh! The places you will go!” Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis CHULA VISTA, California–If you’re in the mood for a Gothic thriller, lots of blood, the supernatural, bewitching witches, flying cats (check it out) supernatural curses, and family loyalty (and that’s just the beginning) The Sugar Witch by Nathan Sanders might be your choice of thrills for a Halloween Delight. On Stage Playhouse
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–Our Kentucky cousin, Harry Jacobson-Beyer, whom I like to call the “Ishmaelite” for reasons to be explained, is determined to learn Spanish, notwithstanding his Kentucky accent, which is something between a twang and a drawl. To that end, with his wife, Sherry, he has traveled to various locations in Spain,
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Carol Davis, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — So much wonderful theatre to see this month that it’s difficult recommending one above the other. In one of San Diego’s little treasures, Moxie Theatre Company, tucked away in a strip mall shopping center in the East County, Naomi Wallace’s 1999 The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek is being
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—There is something about sitting in the front row of a 49-seat theatre and being up close and personal with the actors. It puts you in the center of the story. That’s how I felt recently when I found myself almost in the living room set of Claudio Raygoza’a new play,
Ion’s world pemiere, ‘Julia’ is riveting. Read More »
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