By Carol Davis VISTA –Some vintage wines get better with age. Some say women get better looking as they age. Some say that of men. Some Broadway plays have lasting power and in retrospect, shed more light on a current situation than when it was written. Some fall off by the wayside and when they […]
Simon’s ‘Barefoot in the Park’ still has a few laughs left Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California — “If only I could change the past…?” How many times have we had this conversation with ourselves? “I would do this or that differently”. “I would say this or that to him or her”. “If I had it to do over again…” In Jamie Pachino’s touching and lyrical new
“Waving Goodbye” packs powerful punch at New Village Arts Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SOLANA BEACH, California– Fate: destiny, outcome chance, providence. When Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt were youngsters taking piano lessons, it never occurred to them that one day their paths would cross and they would be forever locked together playing dueling piano’s (if you will) and making a name for themselves, not as
‘2 Pianos 4 Hands’ entertains to a point Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — In light of the recent shootings in Tucson, most Americans are focused on what’s being done to help the mentally ill. For some, it’s business as usual. For some, it’s struggling at home making things ‘almost’ or next to right. For others help is available but with coaxing and
‘Next To Normal’ hits a nerve touching all families with mental illness Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
An Italian Renaissance: Choosing Life in Canada by Robert Eli Rubinstein, Urim Publications, Israel, and Lambda Publishers, Brooklyn, 2010, ISBN 978-965-524-044-3, 177 pages including appendices and endnotes. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Perhaps the author and publishers were a bit too clever in titling this family memoir. Although a portion of the action
Survivors’ son charts their road to Holocaust recovery Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO— Candye Kane doesn’t know it but I have a lovely portrait, in oils, of her hanging in my home. Funny thing is, I had never heard her sing until I saw her musical autobiography The Toughest Girl Alive now at Moxie Theatre. It is in a world premiere production and
Candye Kane stars in autobiographical ‘Toughest Girl Alive’ Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — The 21st Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival sponsored by the Leichtag Family Foundation is presenting a number of short but engrossing documentaries, three of which I had the pleasure of screening: Ingelore, Wrong Side of the Bus and He’s My Girl. Ingelore, the shortest of the three running
Blindness, race, sexual orientation all subjects at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival Read More »
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – StandWithUs is turning another page in popular Israel advocacy—and it’s in a comic book. The Los Angeles-based group, which sends speakers and sign-bearers to counter Palestinian demonstrations and purchases space on billboards to tell Israel’s message, recently issued the first number in a comic book series to
Look, up into the political atmosphere… It’s Captain Israel! Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories
By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Amazing. The New York Times has a long piece about how Turkey is becoming an important factor in Iraq. Fair enough. But it includes the following paragraph: “A surprising feature of Turkey’s success is the image it has managed to project in Iraq. On the road from Erbil to
Turkish action series ‘Valley of the Wolves’ is anti-American, anti-Semitic Read More »
Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Joel A Moskowitz M D LA JOLLA — This film is not about the Jewish question alone. A Czech-German-Austrian production it chronicles the events surrounding the Nazis’ initial forays towards world domination in 1938. It may well be that those younger than 50 will have little knowledge of the Sudetenland. An area in the
San Diego Jewish Film Festival preview: ‘Habermann’ Read More »
Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis LAS VEGAS, Nevada—-I had the good fortune to make my last trip of this past year to Las Vegas to visit dear friends. That said I never pass up an opportunity to see as many shows as possible that I can squeeze in-between my compulsive gambling spirit. It’s all about winning the
‘Sinatra Dance With Me’ is heaven; ‘Menopause…’ not so much Read More »
Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — There is nothing quite as exciting as an opera. It has all the elements you would want to see and hear in theatre. Beautiful music, dance, drama (oft times melodrama) comedy, tragedy, stunning costumes and scenery and of course acting are all combined to make this wonderful medium unique.
San Diego Opera unveils 46th International Season Read More »
Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — For the past five years Cygnet Theatre has mounted the radio version of the Frank Capra movie It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play adapted by Joe Landry and directed by Sean Murray with musical direction by Billy Thompson. The holiday patterns of many of our local theatre’s
‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ and so it is at Cygnet Read More »
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO — For the “Forever Plaids” their return to San Diego is a welcome sight. Just as a short trip down memory lane the musical Forever Plaid started at the Old Globe way back in 1991. The off- Broadway musical comedy, written by Stuart Ross hit New York in 1990 and became
‘Forever Plaid’ makes a comeback…from heaven Read More »
Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast