Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Gender reversal in Old Globe’s ‘Tempest’

  “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

You may go nuts over ‘Squirrels’

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 & Broadcast

‘Romeo, Romeo and Juliet’ probes summer stock

By 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

‘Once’ every so often, a show as good as this

By 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

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Viterbi’s ‘In Every Generation’ debates Jewish questions

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — The holiday of Pesach begins with us recalling our past, and closes with our pledge to the future. The same holds true for In Every Generation, a new play written by Ali Viterbi and directed by Gabrielle Hoyt. The reading took place before a nearly full house at

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Going the way of movable type and printing presses

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Paul Aken operates the Platen Press Museum which is located, appropriately enough, in Mt. Zion, Illinois.  Although it is coincidental, the religiously themed name of Aken’s city harkens back to the primary use of movable type after it was invented in Germany in 1439 by Johannes Gutenberg: It

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: June 18, 2018 (6 Items)

SAN DIEGO — Following are some of the stories of Jewish interest that hit our editor’s computer mail box at editor@sdjewishworld.com on Monday, June 18. We are interested in local, national, and international news of Jewish interest, and welcome comments from members of the Jewish community about these news items. * American Israel Public Affairs Committee pleased

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

A Specialized Community: Teatro Punto y Coma

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — A few years ago, I interviewed Todd Salovey about the upcoming Jewish Arts Festival. In it’s third year, he announced a production that was all in Spanish. The audience laughed at him and he said, “Don’t laugh. It’s sold out.” That sellout performance was the work of Teatro Punto

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Eric George Tauber, International, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Pin and Patch Con offers wearable pop art

Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Lucky for me, I had my 17-year-old grandson Shor with me at San Diego Pin and Patch Con, which was held in Montezuma Hall at San Diego State University on Saturday.  Besides being the photographer for this story, he also was a

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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Animation to teach generations about the Shoah

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – What started as a family research project has developed into an intriguing way to tell the stories of Holocaust survivors that may ignite the interest of younger generations. Sarah Kamaras, an independent film maker based in New York, has taken the usual components of survivor testimony and stock

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

‘Women of Valor’ showcases writers and honorees

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — For the 9th annual Women of Valor Program, Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival Director, Todd Salovey, and his co-writers, Rebecca Myers, Leah Salovey and Ali Viterbi, once again selected six remarkable women. Six talented actresses, Linda Libby, D. Candis Paule, Elizabeth Schwartz, Eva Barnes, Catalina Maynard, and Elaine Rivkin represented the

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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Comedy Shmomedy’ delights, offends at Beth Shalom

Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori CHULA VISTA, California – There were at least two good reasons why the Comedy Shmomedy show featuring five stand-up comedians was staged in the social hall of Temple Beth Shalom rather than in its sanctuary. First, it allowed for table seating and the sale of

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast