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If It Needs a Judge, Is It a Sport? Or Is It SHOW BIZ?

By Welton Jones | February 21, 2014 |

You can tell when some activity is a sport. It doesn’t need a judge. Who wins, wins. So half the stuff we see in the Olympics is not really a sport, its a show. A circus, a ballet, a Vegas production number, the Ice Follies… So what’s all this about gold medals?

From Islam to Atlanta: The Who & the What at La Jolla Playhouse

By Welton Jones | February 20, 2014 |

The shadow of Islam hangs over a family making a new life in Atlanta as the bright daughters try to resolve their culture and their surroundings in a family drama that seems too light-hearted for the stakes…

Sexy Satire in ‘Don Juan’ Ballet

By Kris Eitland | February 19, 2014 |

The three-act ballet opens with three women eager to seduce their humble servant, Don Juan. One by one, they slink out of their chairs for a turn with the handsome guy in tight skinny jeans and pointy boots. “It’s definitely good for adult date night and couples without their kids,” said Maxim Tchernychev, who stars as the legendary lover and scoundrel. And things really heat up when the nobleman discovers…

UCSD’s tragic, intense ‘A Lie of the Mind’ revisits ‘The Twilight Zone’

By Martin Jones Westlin | February 19, 2014 |

Playwright Sam Shepard apparently thinks the individualism and romance that characterized the national soul is a thing of the past. His lamentable characters have reams of stories that explain this sorry state–and with UCSD’s fine ‘A Lie of the Mind,’ they’re in rare form.

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