‘Coney Island’: A Christmas Story for Jews

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on November 21, 2012

Brooke Shields, Richard Chamberlain and Teller on “Exorcist’s” demon [SLIDESHOW]

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on July 6, 2012

‘The Exorcist’ at the Geffen: No green vomit, but plenty of evil

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 27, 2012

William Peter Blatty was a Georgetown University student in August 1949 when he came across a front-page story in the Washington Post titled “Priest Frees Mt. Rainier Boy Reported Held in Devil’s Grip.” Blatty, a devout Catholic, was fascinated by the accounts of the 14-year-old’s bed violently shaking and torrents of curses in Latin whenever the exorcist commanded the demon to leave the boy.

‘The Exorcist’ at the Geffen: No green vomit, but plenty of evil

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 27, 2012

Music transcends darkest hours in ‘Willesden Lane’

By Tom Tugend
Published on April 11, 2012

Malka and Abraham Jura faced a Solomonic decision in late 1938, as the Nazis were tightening the vise on the Jews of Vienna. The couple hoped to send their three daughters to safety but were able to wrangle only one place on the Kindertransport ferrying a limited number of Jewish children to London. After much agonizing, the Juras decided to give the spot to 14-year-old Lisa, a remarkable piano prodigy.

“Scre4m’s” David Arquette on Courtney Cox

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on April 18, 2011

Theater: Mark Feuerstein is the “Some Girls” guy

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on February 7, 2008

Joan Rivers’ ‘Life’—audacious, as always

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on December 27, 2007

Chabad Telethon Sunday, ‘Shadow of Doubt’

By Dikla Kadosh
Published on September 8, 2007

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Two musical ‘inventors’ get Felder fanfare

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 7, 2007

"I want to take viewers through three different generations, to meet three of the greatest music-makers -- actually musical inventors -- who ever lived," says Felder. "What connects these composers, thematically, is the price that each paid in order to create his work."

Literary Lives

By Diane Arieff
Published on May 27, 1999

A play with both wit and heart is a compelling combination, and it's one that playwright Donald Margulies' pulls off in his mostly rewarding "Collected Stories."
"Stories" drew critical praise and a 1997 Pulitzer Prize nomination following it's world première at Costa Mesa's South Coast Repertory. Happily, in director Gilbert Cates' current Los Angeles production at the Geffen Playhouse, the play's intelligence and emotional power remain intact.