Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Women of Valor’ showcases writers and honorees

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — For the 9th annual Women of Valor Program, Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival Director, Todd Salovey, and his co-writers, Rebecca Myers, Leah Salovey and Ali Viterbi, once again selected six remarkable women. Six talented actresses, Linda Libby, D. Candis Paule, Elizabeth Schwartz, Eva Barnes, Catalina Maynard, and Elaine Rivkin represented the […]

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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Comedy Shmomedy’ delights, offends at Beth Shalom

Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori CHULA VISTA, California – There were at least two good reasons why the Comedy Shmomedy show featuring five stand-up comedians was staged in the social hall of Temple Beth Shalom rather than in its sanctuary. First, it allowed for table seating and the sale of

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Nancy’ — Where an unhappy imagination can take you

By Pamela Pollack-Fremd SAN DIEGO _- Are you stuck in your own reality, or can one ever escape it?  That appears to be the burning question in Nancy, a film written and directed by Christina Choe.  Nancy, convincingly played by Andrea Rigaborough, is a friendless, unhappy thirty-five-year-old woman.  She lives with a demanding mother.  She

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Angelina Reaux does Kurt Weill proud

By Cantor Sheldon F. Merel SOLANA BEACH, California — On Monday evening, June 6th,  the North Coast Rep  featured the brilliant artist,   Angelina Reaux.   She sang several of Kurt Weill ‘s Broadway hit show tunes, and charmed the audience throughout the evening .  Reaux’s voice is perfectly placed; she sings magnificently.  Weill’s piano accompaniments are

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Nathan is top-Gunn in his one-man show

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Nathan Gunn is one of America’s greatest and most versatile baritones, as he amply proves in the HersheyFelder produced and directed one-man show, Nathan Gunn, Flying Solo, A Musical Story about Family, Love, and the Wild World of Music. Now showing, until June 10 at the Lyceum Stage, this virtuoso

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Youthful passion shines at Broadway Awards

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — twenty high school students competed in the 5th annual Broadway San Diego Awards: Celebrating Excellence in High School Theatre On Sunday night, May 27.  The two winners each receive a check for $1,000 toward a scholarship and a chance to go on to the national Jimmy Awards on Broadway.

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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

It’s ‘1945’ and two Jews come to a Hungarian village …

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The AMC in La Jolla and the Angelika Film Center in the Carmel Mountain area will begin screening on Friday, June 1, the suspenseful Hungarian film 1945 in which the arrival on a train immediately after the Holocaust on an elderly Orthodox Jewish man and his son throws

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Israel video contest announced

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) —The Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation announced the details of its third annual “Inspired by Israel” video contest, which it launched this week in partnership with the 12Tribe Films Foundation. Hosted on Israelvideonetwork.com, the contest will ask entrants to submit videos that entertain, educate and inspire people about Israel. A

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

‘Mountain’ bespeaks our love of summits

By Pamela Pollack-Fremd SAN DIEGO — Mountain is a tribute to the power and fascination mountains have had over us mere mortals since the beginning of time. It is a Screen Australia production, produced and directed by Jennifer Peedom.  The film provides gorgeous visuals of mountains in twenty-two countries throughout the world.  The music which accompanies

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Wrestling Jerusalem’ depicts the conflict’s emotions

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Wrestling Jerusalem is a rather incredible one-man show, now filmed, in which writer and actor Aaron Davidman, in some 22 vignettes over 93 minutes, portrays the complexities, hardened positions, anger, sadness, frustration, fervor, poignancy, and, eventually, hope that characterize Israelis and Palestinians in the seemingly never-ending dispute.  Because

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA