
Pam Kragen
Arts & Entertainment Editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune
Arts & Entertainment editor at the San Diego Union-Tribune @sdut
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3 weeks ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Pam Kragen
When people think about the musical “Waitress,” they often remember two things: The whimsical names of the pies baked by diner waitress Jenna and the beautiful and heartbreaking song she sings at the nadir of her life, “She Used to Be Mine.”Fortunately there are pies aplenty in Moonlight Stage Productions’ regional theater premiere of “Waitress,” which opened Wednesday night at Vista’s Moonlight Amphitheatre. And the show’s star, Lulu Lloyd, sings the hell out of Jenna’s signature song.
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3 weeks ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Pam Kragen
Many of the plays being produced in American theaters these days deal with issues of race and prejudice, and most are written to open audience members’ eyes, teach lessons and offer some measure of hope and solutions. “White Guy on the Bus” is not one of those plays. It’s a scathing, cynical and unsettling indictment of White privilege that offers no hope or happy ending. But it sure makes you think.
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sandiegouniontribune.com | Pam Kragen
Baja California restaurateurs had reasons to celebrate and mourn at the Michelin Guide’s second awards ceremony in Mexico City on Tuesday. Two more restaurants in the Valle de Guadalupe area, a popular food-and-wine destination about 90 minutes south of the San Diego County border, earned coveted Michelin stars, bringing the Baja state’s total number of Michelin-starred restaurants to five. But one of Baja’s Bib Gourmand honorees from last year, Merak, has closed.
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3 weeks ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Pam Kragen
When owner John Resnick and executive chef Eric Bost opened their fine-dining restaurant Lilo in Carlsbad on April 17, they explained that its name — pronounced “LIE-low” — referred to the rekindling of a friendship that’s been “lying low” for years. But in Webster’s Dictionary, “lie low” means to remain out of sight or or inconspicuous.
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3 weeks ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Pam Kragen
It’s been just over one year since iconic San Diego arts legend James Hubbell passed away at age 92. But thanks the foresight of Hubbell and his wife, Anne, the arts education mission he spent a lifetime building at their family home and art compound near Julian now carries on without him.
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