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.
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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 & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — The strains of violin, clarinet and accordion set a reminiscent and inviting tone for this play. The set of the Mandel Weiss Forum was fairly simplistic with English and Yiddish subtitles projected over stage, creating an esoteric sensibility in the viewer. Spirited dancing accompanied the music as characters
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eric George Tauber CHULA VISTA, California — One doesn’t normally expect to hear Hanukah music in a church. But when that church is Iglesia Restauración in Chula Vista, the meeting place of Latinos por Israel, the rules change. It’s taken 500 years, but many B’nei Anousim (Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism during the Inquisition)
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Is there another city in the world that draws as much controversy as Jerusalem? I-max film director Daniel Ferguson spent five years making Jerusalem and “nothing came easily.” The first challenge was to get their mixed crew of Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians to work through their distrust of one another
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Eric George Tauber, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES –Hi everybody! I’m back!You might have noticed that my column of theater reviews hasn’t appeared for a few months. It’s because I’ve had a couple of serious falls: one that broke my leg and another that demolished my shoulder. But, happily, I’ve recovered enough to wobble off to the theater again, and so
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO — At the request of my brother, who had worked with filmmaker Tamás Wormser, I received via airmail a DVD of The Wandering Muse. All I knew is that it was a) about Jewish music, b) that I love Jewish music and c) beyond that, I knew little else. After
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Donald H. Harrison CHULA VISTA, California – Sonni Cooper, an author and script consultant for the original Star Trek television series, said Saturday, Oct. 24, that although William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and such other members of the cast as Mark Lenard were Jewish, the cast was far from a happy Yiddishe family. Shatner played
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Donald H. Harrison CORONADO, California – It is altogether fitting that the Lambs Players Theatre here in Coronado should be the one to debut a new musical, Oz, based on L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz.” Baum used to vacation at the nearby Hotel del Coronado, and some of his later stories in
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — What is one of the best kept secrets of all time? Nope, it’s not the recipe for Famous Amos cookies, nor the formula for Coke Classic. It’s far more prevalent and much less sexy: Domestic Violence. Temple Beth Israel’s Men’s Club and Women’s Group collaborated to sponsor a
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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast