By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — When Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released in 1975, their wildly irreverent treatment of the Arthurian legends seemed the height of chutzpah. With the advent of VCRs, it became a cult classic that true devotées could recite by heart. Adding a few more gags and songs, Spamalot […]
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As one can glean from the title, the subject of Path of Blood is not pleasant, but for those who are not Islamic extremists, the insights it provides are necessary to learn. Documentary film maker Jonathan Hacker utilizes captured Al Qaeda footage along with video from the Security
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — How often do you catch yourself humming a tune, or singing along with lyrics, when you suddenly experience that moment of clarity as you realize the song’s message? The instant when you learned that “Ring Around the Rosie” was about Black Plague or that U2 was singing about
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Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The Book of Proverbs tells us that there’s a time to dance. Well, you won’t find a better time or place than the San Diego Fringe Festival. Now in its sixth year, our Fringe has grown from 52 productions over 3 days in 2013 to 90 productions over 11
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
BDS movement attempts to hijack Jewish summer camp Scholars for Peace in the Middle East reported that the Camp Ramah movement rebuffed IfNotNow after it was revealed that the BDS group had trained camp counselors to introduce BDS themes to their campers. As their materials put it, IfNotNow’s workshop’s focused on how counselors could communicate to
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At the Asian Film Festival in New York, there is a Hong Kong-produced film titled Operation Red Sea. Always interested in stories about waterways near Israel, I requested and received a screener for review purposes. It’s a well-done, riveting war film—on the order of Dunkirk or Saving Private
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Poland revises its law on Holocaust responsibility The American Jewish Committee has welcomed the action by the Polish Parliament to remove the criminal penalties provision of the country’s controversial Holocaust responsibility law. “As long-time friends of Poland, correcting this counterproductive measure is an important step to restore confidence and advance ties among Poland, the Jewish
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA“Don’t fight forces, use them.” Buckminister Fuller. By Pamela Pollack-Fremd SAN DIEGO — There is an ethical sweetness on display in the film The House of Tomorrow, written and directed by Peter Livolsi and based on the novel by Peter Bognanni, possibly because the ideas and behavior are based on ideas expressed by architect, philosopher, dreamer,
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
“And it shall be to you as a fringe that you may look upon it.” (Num.15:30 Koren) By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Okay, so the Fringe Festival is not quite the same thing as the Biblical reference. But if you’re a true lover of the performing arts, it can be nice to get away
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
“We are the stuff dreams are made of.” SAN DIEGO — The Tempest was Will’s farewell to the stage. Prospero’s wizardry is the magic of theatre and this play is consummately theatrical with tempest tossing seas, fantastic spirits, hideous monsters, star-crossed lovers, improbable twists, intrigue and a thirst for revenge. But what if you reimagine
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — Sure, we’ve all seen actors warming up by reciting tongue twisters or singing scales to loosen up their vocal cords, doing yoga poses or lunges to limber up and get their creative juices flowing, but watching hours of squirrel videos? Studiously ogling nature documentaries of squirrels eating, sparring, and
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — What a perfect play to kick off summer! The Roustabouts, San Diego’s newest and most adventurous theater company, celebrates Season 2 with a charming show that honors the Bard and modern audiences. “Romeo, Romeo and Juliet” tracks the lives of two summer stock theater actors and their director, revealing
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — I recently sat down with Jacob Surovsky, a delightfully talented and innovative young man whom I know from the Guild of Puppetry. Jacob is bringing his fifth show to the San Diego Fringe Festival, Apron Goldswift’s Alien Cabaret. Jacob grew up locally. His family attends Temple Beth El
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cantor Sheldon Merel CORONADO, California — Last night I was at an Irish Pub in Dublin, (although in the heart of Coronado.). “Come early before show time to catch the music and have a drink at the bar,” the woman at the Box Office advised. So, after dinner, sure enough , as my friend
‘Once’ every so often, a show as good as this Read More »
Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast