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  • An Extraordinary Life Evoked: Review of "Anaïs : A Dance Opera"

    James H. Carlin, Observer Arts Writer|Sep 19, 2016

    "The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say." Anaïs Nin The creators of "Anaïs: A Dance Opera," now playing at the Greenway Court Theatre, surmounted a daunting and enviable challenge, creating a work of music, dance, and projection to bring the diaries of the writer Anaïs Nin to life. Spanning 63 years, they tell the story of an extraordinary life in an extraordinary time spent amongst extraordinary people. To distill these seven volumes into an ev...

  • So, This Jewish Guy Walks Into "Old Jews Telling Jokes" by Max Palevsky Theater

    James H. Carlin, Observer Entertainment Writer|Aug 11, 2016

    This jew laughed a lot, and only felt a little guilty. "These five jews put on a show..." Sounds like the start of a joke, doesn't it? "Old Jews Telling Jokes", the Max Palevsky Theater stage show comprising more than two hours of nearly nonstop, mostly jewish flavored jokes just finished playing at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. A talented cast of five (two women and three men) brought us the stage show version of what began as a web broadcast, and has now become a book, two audiobooks, a...