EDUARDO CONTRERAS / Union-Tribune
Deborah Salzer coached Rachael Van Wormer, an actor whose first play was performed in the Plays by Young Writers Festival when she was 16. |
Curtain falls; another rises
Playwright Project's director stepping aside,but staying to take on the role of mentor
By Anne Marie Welsh
STAFF WRITER
Knowing when to let go may be the toughest lesson for the founder of any organization. For Deborah Salzer, though, letting go of the management of The Playwrights Project after more than 20 years was a no-brainer.
APPRECIATION
Ike Turner: Love him or hate him, the man left his mark on music world
By George Varga
POP MUSIC CRITIC
Like Frank Sinatra and Pablo Picasso before him, Ike Turner was a great artist and a deeply flawed human being. His musical genius, which influenced everyone from Elvis Presley to Mick Jagger to Jimi Hendrix, was often overshadowed by the widely publicized accounts of Turner's abusive treatment of his second wife and musical partner, vocal dynamo Tina.
