Eric George Tauber

Eric George Tauber

Eric George Tauber is an actor as well as a freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.

San Diego stars shine at Craig Noel Awards

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — It’s the time of year for awards ceremonies: Oscars, Grammys, Tonys, Golden Globes… etc. But for me, the one not to be missed is the annual Craig Noel Awards hosted by the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. This event celebrates the excellence that happens in our own vibrant theater

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Schwinging start to the Jewish Film Festival

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Quincy Jones, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock… If you’re a jazz fan, you know these names. They are the stars shining in the jazzosphere of Blue Note Records. And the magi we have to thank for these precious gifts were two German Jews,

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

‘Familiar’ brings faraway world close to home

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Welcome to the home of the Chinyaramwira family. Scenic Designer Walt Spangler invites us into a warm dwelling with rich, dark woods, tastefully furnished.  Like most immigrant families, they communicate in two languages, English and their native Shona, in the same conversation. Like all families, they laugh and

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Super Bowl Sunday: Great day for something else

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Super Bowl Sunday has been called “the Secular American Holiday.” It’s a day when so many people gather together to watch the same program that municipalities prepare for multitudes of simultaneously flushing toilets. And not watching the Super Bowl is considered “un-American,” practically treasonous, tantamount to joining the

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Eric George Tauber, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Herland’ rocks the Moxie

The purpose of utopia is a place with qualities that don’t really exist in the real world. — Herland’s Playwright Grace McLeod By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Throughout history, there have been utopian societies where groups of people decided to eschew civilization for a more contained society ascribing to higher ideals. Some are religious cults

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast