By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Several hundred women—and a smattering of men—gathered at a lovely home in the Brentwood area this past Sunday to participate in the opening of the 11th season of the Jewish Women’s Theater. Abiding by its overall mission of “celebrating Jewish life onstage, one story at a time”, the JWT […]
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Janet S. Tiger (c) 2018 (Woman enters, she is nicely dressed, slight European accent, has an older skirt in her hands that she is holding) My family always wanted me to talk about what happened to me during WWII – but, after I did the interview for Shoah, I did not want to talk
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Where there’s a bounty there’s a bounty hunter or two…or possibly three. This fact was made evident in the West Coast Premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s sleuth fest, Holmes and Watson. North Coast Rep’s David Ellenstein directed an all Actor’s Equity cast for this exciting and inimitable twist on Sir
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“Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thine heart.” (Proverbs 3:3) By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — What is Truth? How subjective or objective is truth? When we remember the same incident very differently, do we have different “truths”? These philosophical questions have
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California -North Coast Rep Theater will produce the New Works Reading Series sponsored by Nebcal Printing, that will kick off with a dramedy written by stand-up comic Steve Bluestein. I had the good fortune to interview Bluestein by phone earlier this month. Rest, in Pieces is Bluestein’s baby, and will enjoy
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Eva Trieger, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Monrovia, Indiana, a new documentary by Frederick Wiseman, 88, is a piece that will either fascinate you or bore you to tears. There is unlikely to be any middle ground. I was one of those who was fascinated by the portrait Wiseman painted, with the help of photographer
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — It’s a magical movie. In a foreign language. With no subtitles. And it’s one of the most intense experiences you’ll have in a movie—even if you don’t know what they’re talking about. You may want to walk out, but stay with it. It’s worth it. It’s history.It’s First Man, the story of what it took to get
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By Eva Trieger CARLSBAD, California — We generally view grief as a mitigating factor. Death is a harsh clarion signaling a divide between what was once vibrant and dynamic to something silenced and static. New Village Arts turns this concept on its head with Guadalupe in the Guest Room. This beautiful 90 minute one-act play
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Jewish TV commentator’s speech ‘postponed’ by Rutgers Lisa Daftari, a Jewish American of Iranian descent, had been invited by Rutgers University to give a speech on Tuesday, but now the appearance is “postponed”–and according to Daftari “cancelled”–by the university after Muslim students charged Daftari with Islamophobia. Daftari, who frequently appears as a commentator on Fox
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So God created humanity in his own image. In the image of God he created him: male and female he created them. (Gen 1:27) By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — For most of us, gender distinction is pretty clear-cut and we live our lives accordingly. But for some, the picture is more complicated. And
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Once again, the San Diego Shakespeare Society filled our ears with verse at the 17th Annual Celebrity Sonnets held at the Old Globe. Local personality Richard Lederer, clad in a velvet doublet and melon breeches, read an original sonnet in memory of the society’s founder, Alex Sandie, The
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Pamela Pollack-Fremd SPOKANE, Washington — Creative people have magnetism, a force, an affect all their own. Antonio Lopez, a fashion illustrator and trend setter, was that kind of person. Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion & Disco, a documentary directed and written by James Crump and produced by James Crump and Ronnie Sasson, introduces us to
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — It is a very good thing that North Coast Rep’s Theater School Director, Benjamin Cole, is far more intrepid and persistent than any of his three detectives in this world premiere of The Gorilla. In 1925, a parody was written about a crooked business executive threatened by a
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger OCEANSIDE, California — What do you get when you combine an aging melodramatic actress, a volatile writer, their two self-absorbed adult children and four unwitting guests? A riotous collection of awkward moments, flaring tempers, emotive displays and loads of fun. Mira Costa College Theater School Director, Eric Bishop, brings us Noel Coward’s delightfully
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