By Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — It is said that during the plague of 1606, when all public theatres were closed, Shakespeare wrote both Macbeth and King Lear. Producing theatre that is workable via Zoom has been the challenge of thespians in 2020-21. Playwright/Director Josh Ravetch of the Delaware Theatre Company has risen to […]
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — They’re back! They’re back! I’ve just come from North Coast Rep’s production of Mark St. Germain’s “Dancing Lessons.” This piece was superbly directed by Richard Baird, and enacted by Christopher Williams and Leilani Smith. Baird has appeared on stage in many excellent North Coast plays, but he is
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
In the September 5, 2011 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
–Israeli oral treatment can protect against all Covid variants.
–An Israeli low-cost health company is coming to the USA.
–An Israeli hi-tech company only employs autistic individuals.
–Free hi-tech industry training for new English-speaking Israeli immigrants.
–With Israeli technology you can star in a movie trailer.
–Israeli swimmers won six gold medals at the Tokyo Paralympics.
–A tree grown from a 2,000-year-old seed produced a bumper crop of dates. [Michael Ordman]
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Business & Finance, International, Jewish Religion, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA
Shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, the United States went into full war mobilization mode. While many men were drafted into the U.S. Armed Forces, others were needed to staff the shipyards, aircraft factories, and munition plants on the home front. It soon became apparent that there were more positions to be filled than available male workers and so the U.S. began to recruit women to work in these war industries at jobs for which they never before had been eligible. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — It takes a true optimist to rebel against society. First, you must really believe that you’re right and the world around you is wrong. Then you convince yourself and others that change is possible, that marches, chants, signs and sit-ins will actually make a difference. The alignment of
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
John and Anne Paulk were the public faces of the “ex-gay” movement. Married with children, they did the talk-show circuit (Oprah, Springer, 60 Minutes) asserting that Divine Intervention had “delivered” them from their “sexually deviant lifestyles.” [Eric George Tauber]
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Eric George Tauber, Lifestyles, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALet those who are hungry for live performance come and dine at the table of Word Up! These events are part improvised performance, part workshop and part conversation. They are held periodically at the Copley Plaza at the Old Globe in Balboa Park. Feeling homesick and needing to tie up some loose ends, I made aliyah back to my favorite city from Cincinnati and was fortunate enough to catch one performance last Friday. [Eric George Tauber]
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
In 1993, Janell Cannon published a children’s book, Stellaluna, about a baby fruit bat who was inadvertently separated from her mother, and subsequently raised by birds. Stellaluna adapted to her new environs, but through happenstance, found herself back with her natal family, and was overjoyed to learn that her ineptitude as a bird isn’t cause for disappointment or frustration. The young fruit bat gains an understanding that she is unique and can adapt to new situations while retaining her own true identity. It is with this in mind that two brilliant and compassionate teachers created a neurodiverse theater group at New Village Arts. [Eva Trieger]
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Revenge is a dish best served Israeli. That’s especially true if you’re a fan of Fauda, starring Lior Raz, created and written by Raz and journalist Avi Issacharoff. The pair proves to be more than a one-hit wonder with the newly released action thriller Hit & Run, which is likely the best Netflix show you’ll see this year. [JNS.org]
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Jewish Celebrities, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Published by New York Daily News The British actor who brought to life the iconic boy wizard in the blockbuster movie franchise said if he were to do it all again in the form of a reboot, he’d take on a totally different role. “I would probably want to go with like, Sirius [Black] or
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — What a sweet ride! San Diego Rep’s end-of-summer offering, 57 Chevy, provides not only a cruise down Memory Lane, but reveals the immigrant experience of one man’s family as they assimilated to life in the United States. Cris Franco and co-writer Valerie Dunlap’s story vrooms to life in this one-man
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Published by BANG Showbiz English Jeff Goldblum has joined the cast of ‘The Liar’. The 68-year-old actor has boarded the adaptation of Stephen Fry’s semi-autobiographical novel that will be filmed in the UK next month. Jeff will play Cambridge don Donald Trefusis in the motion picture, which will be written and directed by Tony Hagger.
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Published by InsideHook By Bonnie Stiernberg When The Tragedy of Macbeth makes its debut at the New York Film Festival on Sept. 24, it will mark the first time that Joel Coen (of the Coen Brothers) has released a movie without his brother Ethan. Joel wrote and directed the Shakespeare adaptation, which stars Frances McDormand
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
To mask or not to mask, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The coughs and dangers of contagious Covid,
Rather than cover nose and mouth, suffocating.
Or by opposing mandates to die—to infect,
Tethered to ventilators, bereft of breath,
The long haul and virulent spikes
That flesh succumbs to, like consumption. … {Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA