Reflections: Interview Tai White Discovers Charm and Arrogance in Elusive Role by Barry David Horwitz Tai White had a genius drama teacher down at Pacific Collegiate School, near Santa Cruz, who opened a new world for him. Her name is Cindy Gorsky. He says, “she is a kind of genius teacher who helped students…
Sean Devine Reveals the Genius Behind Attack Ads by Barry David Horwitz “Daisy” takes us back to the LBJ vs. Goldwater election in 1964—Johnson is running for his first term after Kennedy’s assassination. And Goldwater declares: “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice.” That statement alone gives President Lyndon Johnson’s advertising team an…
Hershey Felder Plays Melancholy Maestro, Passionate Piano by Barry David Horwitz After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Sergei Rachmaninoff fled Russia, abandoned his aristocratic life, and moved to New York. The popular pianist-composer arrives in the U.S. with nothing. Hershey Felder plays the exiled Rachmaninoff with verve and passion, calling up vivid memories of…
S.F. Mime Troupe Puts Bob Cratchit & Songs Center Stage by Barry David Horwitz In “A Red Carol,” the SF Mime Troupe has revealed the true focus of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Performed in Z Space’s indoor, industrial, thrift store settings of old furniture and brilliant songs, The Mime Troupe offers a new vision….