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Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks’ musical adaptation of his classic comedy film,  was nominated for Best Musical at the 2008 Tony Awards. Now a humorously horrifying new production kicks off two successive shows at the Ojai Art Center, both dealing with well-known dangerous characters but strictly for laughs. The present production is about the reluctant grandson […]

It’s a tradition, or a cliché, that Jewish families head out to Chinese restaurants for dinner on Christmas Day (at least mine always did). So maybe it’s appropriate to think of I Married a Golem!, a new theatrical work by Kalinka founder Fred Nadis, in terms of ordering off a family dinner menu. As in […]

The months of June and July have been filled with much of the excitement that we missed out on this past year; however, during these summer months when I finally get to exhale, I enjoy reading. I’m not talking about biographies or articles or historical essays — but rather books. Wonderfully scented and beautifully thought […]