San Diego's Top Weekend Arts Events: Candy And Dandies

Speaker 1: 00:00 The Broadway version of Charlie and the chocolate factory comes to town. The San Diego Museum of art find Spain's golden age all over the world. And a band you shouldn't have forgotten from the 1990s it's all ahead on our weekend preview and KPBS arts calendar editor need a Garren is here. Nina, welcome. Hello. There's a new Charlie and the chocolate factory playing in San Diego this weekend. And the question is neither do we need another one? Okay, Speaker 2: 00:27 well I don't know if we need another one, but we have another one. Um, of course the gold standard of all of them is the 1971 movie with gene wilder. Then there was the 2005 movie that Tim Burton did with Johnny Depp. The, I'm still too creeped out to talk about. So we'll skip that one. And then if you're a musical theater parent like I am, there's like also another version of it that you probably seen. Um, this one actually was a working progress for a long time. It was on the west end. It's on Broadway and now we can get the touring version. How is this one different? So in this one, all the adults play kids except for Charlie. Um, and the, the kids all have kind of new, distinct personalities like Baruch is a ballerina. Um, and this version it's pretty clear that they're not going to be put back together at the end. Speaker 1: 01:19 Uh Huh. I think really what we all want to know is are their own balloon buzz. Yeah, Speaker 2: 01:25 there are influences and it's one of the best parts of the show. They were created by the renowned puppeteer and artists, basil twist. Um, and he does this thing that's like half puppet, half human and the puppets are really good at dancing. Speaker 1: 01:39 Let's talk about the songs. Are they new? Speaker 2: 01:42 There are some new songs. Of course. You still get classics like the Candy Man in pure imagination. Um, but yes, these are mostly new songs. They might not be as magical as the ones that we remember, but they are pretty catchy. Speaker 1: 01:55 Let's listen to a new song from Charlie and the chocolate factory. This is, strike that, reverse it performed by Christian Boral. Speaker 3: 02:03 Please strike that. Reverse it. I meant the other way. It doesn't take a Sigmund Freud to see unsolved. And Albert joined the, and if I start to press nothing gun out journey yet from the time tomorrow on delay, what's here tomorrow has gone to Jay. What's here? Tomorrow is gone today. Strike that. Reverse it. My tongue has beat them. Claim Speaker 1: 02:27 it takes Charlie and the chocolate factory runs through sunday@thecivictheaterandyoucanfindafamilythemedreviewonkpbs.org slash arts there's a new exhibition opening this weekend at the San Diego Museum of art. Neva. Tell us about it. Speaker 2: 02:42 It's called art and empire, the Golden Age of Spain. And there's a hundred works by Spanish artists from 1662 1750 and it has names like El Greco, Diego Velasquez, Peter, Paul Rubens. Speaker 1: 02:55 I understand that this is the first museum to the Speaker 2: 03:00 golden age to other areas. What does that mean? Yeah. It expands the idea of the golden age to not just be from Spain, but Spanish territories. So you get pieces from Spanish control, places like Mexico, Philippines, and Peru, and there's actually a connection to the Museum of arts facade. Yeah, I don't know if you've ever noticed that the building has kind of the sculptures of the Spanish masters on its building, Velasquez Motor EEO suit, baron, Roberta and El Greco and it's the first time that there are works. We'll all be shown together at the museum. What other kind of works will people see? Um, you'll see these beautifully detailed paintings, portraits, religious iconography and there's also sculptures and jewels and outside of the paintings themselves and the artwork itself. I understand there are a few special events tied to this exhibition. Yeah. During the run of the exhibition, which is through September, there's a lot of events, but one that is kind of exciting is a film screening for blank anyways, which is a take on snow white from a Spanish director. Speaker 2: 04:11 It's also a tribute to silent film and I'm in this movie, Snow White is a want to be both fighter and her stepmom wanders around the city with like a top hat and a cigarette holder and it's all very glamorous art and empire. The golden age of Spain opens this weekend and is on view through September. Finally the Dandy Warhols are in town. Reminds us who they are. They're a band that formed in the 1990s and they had a mainstream hit back then called, not if you were the last junkie on earth, but their heart is really more experimental and psychedelic. Okay, well before we talk more about them, let's listen to not if you were the last junkie on Earth Speaker 4: 04:57 [inaudible] [inaudible] Speaker 2: 05:06 this is not a ban you think about when we talk about 1990s nostalgia. No, they weren't really mainstream but they were in the culture. Their song we used to be friends was the Veronica Mars TV show theme song and then later in their career they toured and they were friends with David Bowie. So they did get kind of a an audience from that too and the Dandy Warhols or also in a pretty revealing documentary. Yes. This is one of my favorite documentaries. It's called dig at one, the documentary grand jury prize at Sundance in 2004 and it's about the band, the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jones town massacre. If followed these two bands over seven years, they were best friends and they were on the rise, and then they became rivals, and it kind of shows what happens when you're in the music industry. Okay. Then the Dandy Warhols performed tonight at the observatory in North Park, and I've been speaking with KPBS arts calendar editor, Nina Garren. Nina. Thank you. Thanks. Have a good weekend.