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Music Brings Peace to War: Bodhi Tree Concerts’ ‘All Is Calm’

By Ken Herman | November 19, 2017 |

Bodhi Tree Concerts and the men of Sacra/Profana produced “All Is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914” November 17-19, 2017, in San Diego’s Veterans Museum at Balboa Park. The 2:00 p.m. performance on November, 18, 2017, was viewed for this review.

Gallic Delights from the San Diego Symphony Under Johannes Debus

By Ken Herman | November 14, 2017 |

Given the San Diego Symphony’s current season without a music director, the presence of guest conductor Johannes Debus conducting an all-French program this past weekend (November 11 & 12) provided welcome uplift . . .

Raising a Child Under Difficult Circumstances

By David Dixon | November 13, 2017 |

Autism is a serious topic that’s been depicted in depth theatrically only in recent years. Aside from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, there aren’t a lot of notable examples of shows that revolve around this neurodevelopmental disorder.

Fine ‘Carnage’ Assails AI And the Beginning of the End

By Martin Jones Westlin | November 13, 2017 |

The death knell on humanity’s future has sounded, and ironically, it’s originated in man’s own creation. Robotics are an explicit threat to this species’ legacy and way of life — and in fruitlessmoon theatreworks’ fine « American Carnage: A Love Story, » the results are nigh unthinkable.