16 San Diego Uptown News | June 25-July 8, 2010 S an D iego S ymphony
WHAT’S UP!
New This Season: Enjoy
TUX ‘N TENNIES SUMMER BASH starring
TONI BRAXTON Sat, June 26, 7:30pm presented by
Ms. Braxton will take center stage delivering her string of hits including Un-Break My Heart, Another Sad Love Song, Breathe Again and more!
TOMORROW!
Concert Only: $35 / $50 / $65 Gala Package*: $300 / $550 / $1,000
Gala begins 4:30pm Concert begins 7:30pm Guest artist performs 8:30pm
*Gala package includes pre-concert cocktail party, open bar, dinner, dessert, event keepsake, premium concert seating and after-party with DJ and dancing. For details call 619.236.5410.
Toni Braxton appears courtesy of Toni Braxton
STAR SPANGLED POPS with Marvin Hamlisch
Fri, Sat & Sun, July 2, 3 & 4, 7:30pm
Experience a patriotic performance with Broadway hits, rousing marches and fireworks over the bay. Don’t miss this entertaining celebration for the entire family!
Tickets start at $17! Marvin Hamlisch
KOOL & THE GANG Get Down On It!
Fri & Sat, July 9 & 10, 7:30pm
Grammy Award-winning ensemble performs their greatest hits including Celebration, Ladies Night and Get Down On It! Put on your best disco outfit and strut your stuff for our ‘70s costume contest—winner receives complimentary tickets to a selected Summer Pops concert.
Kool & The Gang Tickets start at $17!
Table seating • Fireworks on Star Spangled Pops and Kool & The Gang Embarcadero Marina Park South, behind the Convention Center
Financial support is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.
For complete season information: CALL 619.235.0804 or
VISIT
sandiegosymphony.com
Brian (Tim Kornblum, left) is a failed comedian who has a lot to explain to Kate Monster and his wife, Christmas Eve (Jacqueline Grabois), in “Avenue Q,” coming to San Diego’s Civic Theatre, July 6-11. (Courtesy John Daughtry)
Puppets dish gritty reality in ‘Q’
By Patricia Morris Buckley SDUN Theatre Critic
Even though Tim Kornblum was only one semester away from being a psychologist, he made a deal with his parents: If he could get a national tour of a musical, he could quit school. A week later, he auditioned for the national tour of the Tony Award-winning show “Avenue Q” and landed the part of Brian, one of the two non-puppeteering roles. How’s that for kismet? “I was so excited,” said
Kornblum, who had acted in high school and college, but never professionally. “It’s what I really wanted to do. It’s really been my passion.”
“Avenue Q” is not your
typical Broadway musical. Yes, boy meets girl, loses girl… you know the rest. However, in
“Avenue Q” July 6-11
San Diego Civic Theatre 3rd
and B Street
Downtown Tickets: $18-$76 570-2787
BroadwaySD.com
this case, the girl is a monster puppet, one of several puppets in the cast. The result is very much like TV’s “Sesame Street” but with a decidedly adult sensibility. “It’s ‘Sesame Street’
10 years later,” explained Kornblum from Philadelphia, where the show was playing. “People connect with the show at first because it’s essentially a kid show and they feel nostalgia
– then they recognize their own life.”
“Avenue Q” tells the story of Princeton, a recent college graduate with a degree in English who is cut from his new job before he even shows up. Broke, the only place he can afford in New York City is on Avenue Q (the city has an alphabet neighborhood, with the better homes closest to the beginning of the letters). Life isn’t how he thought it would be. There he meets an odd
assortment of losers, from the charming Kate Monster, an aspiring preschool teacher, to child star Gary Coleman, the building superintendent. The only two real humans are failed comedian Brian and his wife, psychologist Christmas Eve. Some adjustments had to
see Avenue, page 18
Tourney will raise money for affordable, accessible dance
By Jessica Hudgins SDUN Reporter
It’s time to put your best dancing shoes on and ante up for Eveoke Dance Theatre. And don’t forget your poker face – there’s more at stake than just a nice cash pot at this Texas Hold ’Em tournament.
Located on University
Avenue in North Park, Eveoke is a non-profit organization designed to bring the community together through evocative dance. The theatre’s upcoming poker tournament is Eveoke’s latest effort to create community involvement while simultaneously raising the money it needs to stay afloat. “All non-profits are in the position to use innovative ways to raise funds right now,” Executive Director Nikki Dunnan said. “But we also want to give our community a way to celebrate and have fun with us.” Eveoke’s main goal is to “cultivate compassionate social action,” according to its mission statement. The people behind the curtains make this possible by raising awareness of the importance of art in the
community, educating the art-hungry and providing easy access to everyone regardless of social status or income. “We intend to use
dance as a form of expression as social import,” Dunnan said. “[In our performances] we send [the audience] a message about the world around them and them in it. We want to inspire people to make change either within themselves or within the community.” The talent at
Eveoke Dance Theatre isn’t limited only to its North Park studio. In addition to the 40 classes taught each week at this location, the instructors of Eveoke’s educational outreach program provide more the 20 classes per week in
Eveoke provides 40 dance classes each week plus instructors teach 20 classes around the county. (Christy Scannell/SDUN)
schools and community centers throughout the region. These classes are
made available to the entire community regardless of dance
experience or ability to pay. “There is no reason that people can’t have an
see Eveoke, page 19
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