Eric George Tauber is an actor as well as a freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Theatre critics are sometimes called upon to judge talent shows. This year, I was tapped to judge the Student Shakespeare Festival sponsored by the San Diego Shakespeare Society. So last Saturday morning, I played hooky from shul and headed out to Balboa Park. Sorry, Rabbi. The society […]
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Raise your voice up and prepare to mend a broken heart. –Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Welcome to The House of Love and Prayer where klezmer mixes with wild, invigorating drumming. Hippies dressed in yoga pants and adorned with love beads are freestyle dancing around a pretty groovy-looking ark. Hey,
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSDSU Live Downtown By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — As an artist and teacher, I’ve always been a passionate advocate of arts in education. I’ve seen from research and personal experience how the arts can really ignite sparks in the mind. Creative energy brings laughter and learning together, generating lifelong memories. An environment that encourages,
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Happy Time Capsule Day! As you enter the lobby of the Lyceum, you may be greeted by Mayor Steve, Beachtown’s hip new mayor -who loves to surf and wears sandals with his powder blue suit- or any one of the charming “Beachtonians.” Unlike other theatre experiences in which
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast“If I were perfect for you, wouldn’t you tire of me?” By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The onslaught of information –and misinformation- in our digital age has us escaping into the past, specifically the turn of the twentieth century. That’s why Masterpiece Classics like Downton Abbey enjoyed such a devoted following. They let
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — A few years ago, I covered A Jewish Joke, a one-man show by local actor and writer, Phil Johnson of the Roustabouts Theatre, San Diego Magazine’s Best New Theatre of 2017. The show was conceived as part of the 5-Minute Play Festival at the JCC and developed from
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & BroadcastENCINITAS, California (Press Release) — Featuring more than two dozen storytellers, some full-time and internationally known, a storytelling festival March 17 at the Encinitas Library (540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas) is being held in conjunction with World Storytelling Day, when performances, concerts and festivals all over the world celebrate the art of storytelling. The San
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, San Diego Calendar“I don’t like to be alone. And one thing a song will never do is leave you alone.” –Irving Berlin By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Hershey Felder has a devoted following in this town made evident by the packed house just a few days before Christmas. A gifted and animated pianist and
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast“Some people think Ebenezer Scrooge is [Jewish] Well, he’s not. But guess who is: all Three Stooges.” -Adam Sandler By Eric
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — In my review of “The Diary of Anne Frank” at the Moxie Theatre, I mentioned a boy who broke down in tears after the show. Probably, he didn’t know that Anne and Peter didn’t survive the war and, as a child about the same age, this made him
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO–“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” –Anne Frank In 1942, after being denied visas to the United States, the Frank family went into hiding in the Secret Annex, a tight, dingy storage attic above the pickling factory that Otto
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What has being good ever gotten me? By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — My first forays into theatre were through puppetry. Equipped with crocheted animal puppets, poster board, colored pencils and a record player, I put on shows for my indulgent family. So I was stoked to see Hand to God play at the
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — A gig’s a gig. At least that’s what folks in showbiz say when we accept a job that’s not our first choice. But just what are we willing to do when our stomach’s grumbling and the landlord’s knocking? Lance Carter sets the tone as Eddie, the melancholy MC at
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego CountyBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Theatre lovers in San Diego know how fortunate we are to live here in such a rich and varied cultural landscape. So much more than a Navy town on the border, San Diego County is home to ten equity theatre companies, an opera with its own orchestra, three
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