Editor’s Note: The following is satire and should not be taken literally By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — “Because I want to make Russian Jews great again,” Donald Trump said he’s agreed to play Tevye in a special production of Fiddler on the Roof. The show will necessarily be a limited-run production (ending by […]
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Joel H. Cohen, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Any of us who have listened to KPBS radio have heard Richard Lederer (aka The Verbivore, the Wizard of Idiom, Attila the Pun & Conan the Grammarian). “A Way With Words” –which he hosted from 1998 to 2006- is must listen radio for folks who delight in etymology
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireHere’s a feud you wouldn’t expect: Donald Trump versus Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live alum and current host of Late Night. It all started when Meyers commented on the mass Orlando, Florida shooting in his Monday night monologue, and announced that Trump would not be allowed on his show until the billionaire allowed Washington Post
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Fiddler on the Roof was one of the nominees, though not the winner, of the Best Revival of a Musical category at this year’s Tony Awards ceremony. When Fiddler on the Roof was first being developed, the opening song, “Tradition,” was the last to be written. What song
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & SatireNEW YORK — An air of both celebration and sobriety hung over the Tony Awards on Sunday, as one of the biggest hits in Broadway history was honored hours after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” took 11 prizes, including director, score and the top honor of best musical. The hip-hop
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — If you’ve been around the Jewish community of San Diego, then you know that there’s more to the menu than matzoh balls and gefilte fish. There are tacos and salsa from a thriving Latino-Jewish community that touches both sides of the border. Many of them came to the Lyceum to
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Several years ago, my brother Matthew sent me a link to some YouTube videos featuring a production of Fiddler on the Roof done in Japanese. It seemed strange at first. But as an ESL teacher, I’ve come to appreciate various world cultures. In the Far East, the tug
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast“What happens when idealism becomes power?” –Todd Salovey By Eric George Tauber CARLSBAD, California–When we look at history with the benefit of hindsight, it’s easy to dismiss how dire a situation really was. After all, we won. But the storyteller’s art is to bring us back to that moment when all was nearly lost and
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Eric George Tauber, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — Perhaps I should recuse myself from reviewing John Is A Father because its star, Sam Anderson, is one of my favorite actors. In addition, he is one helluva nice guy. So it’s especially magical to see him turn himself into a taciturn, fearful, ex-alcoholic loner onstage.The play was written
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By Eva Trieger CARLSBAD, California — In conjunction with the 23rd Lipinsky Family Annual San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, Rosina Reynolds becomes Golda Meir under the direction of Todd Salovey. William Gibson has been celebrated for writing the longest running one-woman Broadway show in history. The magnitude of this story of the Russian immigrant who
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The Seagull marked Anton Chekhov’s first critical success at the Moscow Art Theatre. Putting both Chekhov and Director Konstantin Stanislavsky on the cultural map, the MAT adopted the seagull as its logo and ushered in a new era of theatre. So why update it? Why mess with a
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWarsaw (dpa) – Poland’s justice minister will appeal against the decision of a Krakow court not to extradite film director Roman Polanski to the United States, he said Tuesday. The 82-year-old Oscar winner pleaded guilty in California in 1977 to unlawful sexual intercourse with then-13-year-old Samantha Geimer. He fled to Europe in 1978 before his
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International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThough Samantha Montgomery spent years posting YouTube videos of herself looking into a camera and singing, she never expected that anyone was looking back—much less someone with the power to completely change her life. Montgomery was born in Chicago and raised in Indiana. By the late 2000s, she was living in New Orleans and working
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — In September of 1978, three nations’ leaders, US President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin met for thirteen days on an isolated hilltop to iron out the Camp David Accords. Who got the shorter end of the stick depends on whose analysis one
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