‘Buddy Holly’ and the Crickets –Oh Boy

Wearing signature black-rimmed glasses, Paul Swensen Eddy conjures the ghost of Buddy Holly in tunes like “That’ll Be the Day,” and “Maybe Baby.”  He cranks on his Fender Strocaster guitar (stolen twice in 1958…)and he argues with mentors and band mates…

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Yasmina Reza Is No Albee, But That Doesn’t Stop NVA’s Excellent ‘Carnage’

Playwright Yasmina Reza says we’re all kids at heart — and that’s not necessarily a compliment. Witness her ‘God of Carnage,’ the very good current mount at Carlsbad’s New Village Arts, and the abject childishness that so-called adults trot out when the veneers they’ve worked so hard to build are threatened. Indeed, the sins of the children are visited on those over 21.

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