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Josh Kornbluth’s New Blog

Somehow inbetween launching a production company, performing his latest monologue Citizen Josh all over the country, planning a new TV/Internet program and starting work on his next solo show, Josh Kornbluth has managed to find the time to revamp his website and join the blogosphere.

I don’t know how the man does it.

Most people know the Bay Area-based performer for his politically-charged solo shows and the Sony Pictures Classics feature Haiku Tunnel which caused a stir at The Sundance Festival in 2001. But beyond all these worthy achievements, Kornbluth will always have a special place in my heart for his enthusiastic and quite lovely oboe playing. I had the pleasure of playing klezmer oboe duets with him a few months ago on the opening night of Citizen Josh at Berkley Repertory Theatre. It’s not an experience I’ll forget in a hurry.

At any rate, a warm welcome to a fellow blogger.

lies like truth

These days, it's becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between fact and fantasy. As Alan Bennett's doollally headmaster in Forty Years On astutely puts it, "What is truth and what is fable? Where is Ruth and where is Mabel?" It is one of the main tasks of this blog to celebrate the confusion through thinking about art and perhaps, on occasion, attempt to unpick the knot. [Read More...]

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