Currently, SRT is partnering with Roustabouts to produce Noel Coward’s Private Lives. This arrangement is not unusual, and area theatres often share set designers, props, wigmakers. (Eva Trieger)
Pinky Lee (May 2, 1907 – April 3, 1993) was an American actor of stage, screen, radio, and television. He is best known as a children’s TV personality of the 1950s. [Wikipedia]
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La Jolla resident, Holocaust survivor, psychologist, educator, and author, Dr. Edith Eger, has passed away at the age of 98. [Cailin Acosta]
Famed Holocaust survivor Edith Eger dies in La Jolla Read More »
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Jerry Seinfeld (April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, filmmaker, and television producer specializing in observational comedy. Seinfeld gained stardom playing a fictionalized version of himself in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), which he co-created and wrote with Larry David. [Wikipedia]
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Hank Azaria (April 25, 1964) is an American actor and producer. He is known for voicing many characters in the animated sitcom The Simpsons since 1989, including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Superintendent Chalmers, Comic Book Guy, Snake, Professor Frink, Kirk Van Houten, Duffman, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Lou, and Carl Carlson, among others. [Wikipedia]
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The recently produced film Immigrant Songs: Yiddish Theater and the American Jewish Experience depicts one of the most delightful yet often overlooked chapters of American Jewish cultural history. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
Documentary on Yiddish Theatre both educational and entertaining Read More »
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In the past I would happily watch the broadcast of the official ceremony on television, enjoying the sense of unity and national pride. This year, however, like many other people, I preferred other fare and found a funny movie to watch instead. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
Current war, domestic politics dampen Israel’s celebration of Independence Day Read More »
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Ivor Montagu (April 23, 1904 – November 5, 1984) was an English filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, film critic, writer, table tennis player, and Communist activist and spy in the 1930s. [Wikipedia]
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Charlotte Rae (April 22, 1926 – August 5, 2018) was an American comedic actress and singer whose career spanned 66 years. Rae was known for her portrayal of Edna Garrett in the sitcoms Diff’rent Strokes and its spin-off, The Facts of Life (in which she had the starring role from 1979 to 1986). [Wikipedia]
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Yom Ha’Atzmaut is Israel’s Independence Day, which began in 1948, when Israel was declared a state. On the Hebrew calendar, it lands on the 5th of Iyar, which this year begins at sundown on Tuesday, April 21, and ends at nightfall on Wednesday, April 22. [Cailin Acosta]
Multiple celebrations in San Diego County of Israel’s Independence Day Read More »
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We are often impressed when we read of a child prodigy or a wunderkind who achieves notoriety at a young age. Perhaps the same could be said when we meet someone who achieves his dream after keeping it on the backburner for the bulk of his life. Meet writer-producer Mike Tove. [Eva Trieger]
Tove came late to the party, but still found a seat on the dais Read More »
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee showcases a host of multi-talented local actors, a great musical score and fantastic choreography. It even introduces budding thespians to the stage as some audience members are selected to participate in the bee! (Eva Trieger)
‘Spelling Bee’ puts Lamplighters’ audience members to the test Read More »
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As audiences take their seats at Cygnet Theatre, they’re immediately pulled into a world already in motion: stock prices flicker across the walls, the year 2008 looms, and the collapse that impacted global finance is foreshadowed before a single line is spoken. [Sherrie Rose]
‘The Lehman Trilogy’ turns financial history into riveting stage drama Read More »
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Ryan O’Neal (April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023) was an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, he trained as an amateur boxer before beginning a career in acting in 1960. [Wikipedia]
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