CORONADO, California—-It’s hard to believe that in 2010 we are still fighting the Civil War. Yup. Both Virginia and Mississippi recently announced new proclamations by their Governors designating April as Confederate Heritage Month without so much as a mention of the cause of the Civil War, which by all accounts was the issue of slavery […]
‘The Rivalry’ at Lamb’s provides a timely debate Read More »
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By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California –When The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserstein’s Pulitzer Prize winning play for Drama hit Broadway in 1989 it had to have rocked many a boat. It was a reality check on the ‘women’s movement’ from 1965 to 1989 as seen through the eyes of protagonist Heidi Holland. I first
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Stephen Sondheim turned eighty this year and what better way to honor him than by mounting one of his plays in a BIG way! Whether by choice or chance, artistic director Sean Murray and his creative team decided to add Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street to its season.
Cygnet Theatre honors Sondheim best way possible Read More »
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By Joel A. Moskowitz, MD LA JOLLA, California — In anticipation of spending a Seder with our daughter and her family, I chanced upon a book that describes how one hundred and one famous and not so famous persons recall their experience on Pesach. Nancy Rips, a book commentator, has gathered a small volume, of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish ReligionBy Jack Forman LA JOLLA, California–The Wave, a feature-length film made in Germany in 2008 and scheduled to be screened at 8 p.m. tonight (Wednesday) the San Diego Jewish Film Festival, dramatizes the events of a real Palo Alto high school teaching experiment conducted in 1969. The events were first featured in a 1981 American
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–There are some who, like myself, believe in the Big Bang Theory. Then there are others who believe in evolution and then there are those who believe in the literal translation of the bible. Who can say what’s right, wrong or otherwise. It matters not, but in his dark comedy boom
Bang or ‘Boom,’ it’s still a leap of faith Read More »
Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–The San Diego Jewish Film Festival is celebrating its 20th year this season. The Festival is being sponsored by the Mizel Family Foundation and runs from Feb. 10-21. Titles cover the alphabet from A to Z starting with Adam’s Wall and ending with Zrubavel. Against The Tide is a new release
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — For late night edification and amusement, there is nothing I love better than watching infomercials. (“But wait! There’s more!”) Some of my favorites are those extolling the virtues of $19.99 exercise machines. The ads feature athletic men and women effortlessly going through their paces while the announcer informs
Torah lesson: you don’t get something for nothing Read More »
Jewish Religion, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–Lisa Loomer’s Expecting Isabel couldn’t be timelier for director Jennifer Eve Thorn. Thorn, founding mother along with Delicia Turner-Sonnenberg and Jo Anne Glover and mother of one, is expecting her second child any second now! Loomer’s modern day answer to infertility, Expecting Isabel, is on target bringing to light the plight of
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By Carol Davis ESCONDIDO, California–The Welk Resorts Theatre, which usually presents musicals throughout the year, opened their season recently with Robert Harling’s ‘comedy drama’, Steel Magnolias. Harling, the story goes, lost his younger sister to diabetes and was having trouble coping. Friends advised that he write about his feelings and use the journaling as a
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By Carol Davis LAS VEGAS, Nevada– Many years ago, my late husband Gerry and I used to make Vegas our winter getaway. That was a time when things were simple, the Strip was The Strip and deals were so abundant you could almost write your own ticket between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. I can’t even
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Why Should I Care? Lessons from the Holocaust by Jeanette Friedman and David Gold; The Wordsmithy, LLC 2009; 263 pages By Marcia Tatz Wollner SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Why Should I Care? Lessons from the Holocaust is an easy to read and engaging text to add to one’s personal library and definitely a recommendation for a
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Marcia Tatz Wollner, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–One of the creepiest television programs on cable is “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.” Andrew (who is Jewish, of course) tours the world sampling unusual local cuisine. Some of his favorite dishes have been roasted Wallaby tail, raw crocodile eggs, and juicy cheese worms. While all of these
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Jewish Religion, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO– When Patrick Page and Paige Davis stood at the top of the stairs looking across the theatre from one another singing the opening number in the inaugural performance of the Tom Jones (book and lyrics)/ Harvey Schmidt (music) musical, I Do! I Do! (They also wrote the Fantasticks) in the
‘I do! I do’ doest just fine in Globe’s new space Read More »
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