Cynthia Citron

Cynthia Citron

Cynthia Citron is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.

Her published books, available on Amazon, include:

Barbara Bain of ‘Mission Impossible’ fame to star in ‘Why We Have A Body’

By Cynthia Citron SANTA MONICA, California — Barbara Bain, who’s about to open in Why We Have a Body at the Edgemar Center, probably will never top the excitement of her first premiere — her own entry into the world. She made her debut on Friday the 13th in the back seat of her uncle’s […]

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Play depicting Simon Wiesenthal worth a standing ovation

By Cynthia Citron VENTURA, California– It’s well worth the trip to the Rubicon Theatre, believe me. Tom Dugan is absolutely brilliant as the Nazi hunter, Simon Wiesenthal. And completely Standing Ovation-worthy. Dugan’s one-man show is set in a replica of Wiesenthal’s office at the Jewish Documentation Center in Vienna on the day of his retirement. As

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Spinoza’s trial and excommunication subject of new play

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — A few days ago, the West Coast premiere of a play by David Ives demonstrated that that imposition of certain religious convictions on the differing beliefs of another person has been going on seemingly forever. Ives’ play is called New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza at Talmud Torah

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Theatre professionals analyze role of modern Jewish theatre

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — To paraphrase a very old joke: seven Jews sat down at the table to express 14 different opinions… In fact, they were the opening panel convened by the 31st annual conference of the International Association for Jewish Theatre, beginning Sunday at UCLA Hillel’s Dortort Arts Center to discuss “Jewish

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Drama, tension, suspense at ‘The Water’s Edge’

By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California– As Winston Churchill might describe it, Theresa Rebeck’s play The Water’s Edge is “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” There re more mixed emotions, contradictions, outright lies, duplicity, passion, and chills in this dramatic masterpiece than in any play you’re likely to see in this decade. The

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Helen Hunt is stage manager in new production of Wilder’s ‘Our Town’

By Cynthia Citron SANTA MONICA, California — There must be at least half a dozen people in L.A. who have never seen Thornton Wilder’s classic play Our Town. If you are one of them, you couldn’t do better than the production that opened this week at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Helmed by Helen Hunt

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‘In Darkness’ portrays Holocaust victims hiding in Polish sewers

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES– Many people judge Stephen Spielberg’s film Schindler’s List to be the definitive Holocaust movie. Until now. Giving Spielberg a run for his money is Agnieszka Holland’s latest film, In Darkness. Poland’s official entry for Best Foreign Language Film in this year’s Oscar race, In Darkness is exactly what its title proclaims:

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‘The Color of Rose’ explores life of Kennedy matriarch

  By Cynthia Citron BEVERLY HILLS, California — In the hands of playwright Kathrine Bates, even history’s certified villains get a sympathetic hearing. Take, for example, Lucrezia Borgia. Bates penned (with Ted Lange) and starred in the one-woman Evil Legacy: The Story of Lucrezia Borgia, performing it first for a dozen friends in her own

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