Eva Trieger

Eva Trieger

Eva Trieger is an educator and a freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.

Jewish gay comedian Jason Stuart speaks out

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Steve Martin said of comedy, “It’s all in the ti-ming.” (He put the accent on the second syllable.) Well, if that be so, the time is now for Jason Stuart. The actor, stand-up comic and lecturer has also become a published author. This weekend celebrated a book signing

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Another Roll of the Dice’ recalls Damon Runyon

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, Californi — Picking up where Guys and Dolls left off, writer Mark Saltzman and director Larry Sousa collaborated to bring us more of Damon Runyon’s loveable gangsters, their Judys, and a few unlikely types who were swayed to the shady side for love or money in the world premiere of Another

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Wiesenthal’ dramatizes life of Nazi- hunter

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — While there is little to laugh about when it comes to the subject of the Holocaust, Simon Wiesenthal (Tom Dugan), began the one-man show with a joke.  The longer the show went on, the more the actor revealed the character, and perhaps a trace of hubris, of Simon

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Eva Trieger, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Yiddish play (with English subtitles) examines power

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Latin is a dead language. This is defined as “one that has no native speakers.” Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh is on a mission to make sure that Yiddish never goes the way of Latin. And she’s succeeding.  Two years ago, the doctoral candidate from the Slavic Languages Department at the

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Eva Trieger, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Pride and Prejudice with a comic twist

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO —  Big thanks to Kate Hamill for rewriting Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in such a playful and accessible way. The cast did justice to the snappy, buffoonish, coquettish roles that Hamill created. The playwright sought to deliver Austen’s feminist message and did so in a way that engaged the

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Malashock, Kontras in ‘High Strung’ alliance

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Music has a way of altering one’s mood and attitude. Dance possesses the capacity to shift one’s perspective while releasing inhibition.  The marriage of the two art forms creates nothing less than magical storytelling. Malashock Dance and the Kontras Quartet intertwine their gifts to bring San Diegans High Strung,

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

‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ is dancin’ hot

By Eva Trieger CARLSBAD, California — Smokey Joe’s Cafe could just as aptly have been named “An Era of Music: From Lips to Hips.” As the sentimental crooners of the 1940s stepped back into the shadows, they made room for the restless, rebellious rockers who ushered in a whole new genre. New Village Arts brings audiences

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Jews in the News: February 7, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff, in a New York Times report, says his committee will be “making sure the policy of the United States is being driven by the national interest, not by any financial entanglement, financial leverage or other form of compromise.”  President Trump responded that Schiff

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Donald H. Harrison, Eva Trieger, International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Multi- faceted program on disabilities at Ohr Shalom

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Have you ever had the frustrating experience of being in an environment where no one speaks your language?  You know the feeling that there are too many people invading your personal space, but you’ve no way to communicate that to them? What about the times when you sincerely want

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Eva Trieger, Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education