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Too Much Muck Makes Movies Self-Censor in LJP ‘Hollywood”
The avid fans of silent films couldn’t always separate the fantasy from the reality up there on the screen and censors were hurting business. With morals charges and even murders multiplying, the studios decided to hire their own censor and ‘the Hays Office’ was born, just in time to do damage control of one of Hollywood’s most enduring cold cases.
Read MoreNaughty, Traditions, and Wood: A 2-part Review of “2015 San Diego Art Prize Exhibition”
Part 1 of 2 Voyeurism—intense looking—and insurrection are key ingredients that succeed in the current “2015 San Diego Art Prize” exhibition at La Jolla’s Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. The awardees of the 2015 San Diego Visual Arts Network’s (SDVAN) arts prize were Wendy Maruyama and Roy McMakin, who are both artists/furniture makers. Maruyama’s work…
Read MoreWelk’s ‘Superstar’ Designed to Impress
Jesus Christ Superstar is a show that’s designed to impress, and it does so, with a few caveats…
Read MoreChampagne and Cheeseburgers
Jean-Yves Thibaudet elevates the playing of his San Diego Symphony chamber music colleagues at TSRI
Read MoreComplex ‘Boy’ Dances at Diversionary
While not apologizing for sexual exploitation, the musical does attempt to examine the relationship between Paiman (Troy Iwata) and Jahandar (Jonathan Raviv), the man who bought him and taught him to dance. It’s admirable that the writers have not tried to oversimplify the story, but, like almost all world premieres, there is still work to be done…
Read MoreBach Collegium San Diego Presents Powerful Monteverdi ‘1610 Vespers’
Ruben Valenzuela and his Bach Collegium San Diego scaled that Mt. Everest of choral works Friday (May 13), giving Claudio Monteverdi’s ‘1610 Vespers’ a thrilling, masterful performance . . .
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