By Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO — A common complaint shared by many husbands is, “My wife is chewing my ear off.” How can I complain when my wife, playwright Janet S. Tiger, reads something to me that she has written every day. I enjoy it . So, I can say having my ear chewed off […]
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Many years ago, as I tried to keep up with each of my kids as they breezed through “the new math” and learned to multiply fractions, I realized with dismay that if I had to go through grammar school again I would probably flunk the third grade.So you can imagine
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)- The San Diego Jewish Film Festival presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will run February 4-14, 2016. This year the festival will showcase a total of 60 films of the best contemporary Jewish themed films from around
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
By Amber Bartlett LA JOLLA, California –Aside from making me realize just “how lucky I am” and that “Anything’s Possible”, J*Company Youth Theater, and Seussical in particular, have shown me that at this point in my life, I’ve jumped off my clover and my “who” has finally been heard. I started off at J*company as
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Okay, so I am joining the ranks of bragging grandparents. But, when I tell you about what my 16-year old granddaughter, Adira Rosen, has just accomplished, you will surely understand my bragging rights. She has launched a theater company at her school and has just produced, marketed, and directed the first
Okay, I’m a bubbe and I kvell Read More »
Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Noah Baird recently was signed for his third six-month contract appearing on Broadway in Matilda: The Musical which isn’t bad at all for a 10-year-old boy from Carlsbad, whose kvelling grandparents–Ed and Sue Cherlin and Steve and Carol Baird–live in San Diego County. Fans of local theatre may
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — When a deep and abiding passion is combined with a clear and focused vision, the results are tantamount to explosive perfection. That synergistic energy is captured by the Civic Dance Arts Program of the San Diego Parks and Recreation Department with Andrea Feier at the barre. Several aspects make this
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — What did Mike Zof, an Israeli DJ and bar owner, do to celebrate the opening of the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, in Israel? A. Zof’s bar, located in Petach Tikva, is across the street from the local movie theater that is showing The Force Awakens.
Jewish trivia quiz: ‘Star Wars’ Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– J* Company Youth Theatre is starting 2016 off on a whimsical note with its family-friendly production of Seussical, Jr. – a fantastical, magical musical extravaganza featuring Horton the Elephant and many other favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including The Cat In the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie, the Wickersham Brothers, and
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San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The TV series, Call the Midwife, which is based on Jennifer Worth’s book of that name about her own experiences of working as a midwife in the impoverished East End of post-war London, has aroused widespread interest and enthusiasm, first in Britain and subsequently all over the world.
Book tells how ‘Call the Midwife’ became a TV series Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — On January 14th, 1977, a great blizzard hit the northeastern United States. In Cincinnati, my brothers and I cheered it on, certain of school closures the following day. Little did I imagine that -on that very night, in a hospital in Long Island, New York- the great love
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Eric George Tauber, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Toby Klein Greenwald EFRAT, Israel — Raise Your Spirits Theatre, a multi-generational women’s theater company in Gush Etzion, an area that has suffered many terror attacks in recent weeks, is now in production on its 9th biblical musical, SISTERS! The Daughters of Tzelofchad, based on the story in Numbers, Chapter 27. The story of the
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Toby Klein GreenwaldBy Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — As a Jew who studies Tibetan Buddhism, it was with great interest that I went to see well-known playwright Sarah Ruhl’s play, The Oldest Boy, at the Lyceum Theater, directed by venerable Sam Woodhouse. I also probably saw the play with different eyes than most because I actually met
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Mimi Pollack, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — The San Diego REPertory Theater has the perfect recipe for success in its current show, The Oldest Boy. Little could improve upon the synergistic combination of playwright Sarah Ruhl, director Sam Woodhouse, and actor Amanda Sitton. The play recalls Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1994 film, Little Buddha, which starred Bridget Fonda, Keanu
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast