Julie Davis

Henry Jaglom's new play feels awfully familiar. First there's its title, "Just 45 Minutes From Broadway," which all but sets you to whistling the George M. Cohan song containing that jaunty phrase. Then there's the story, about a free-spirited theater.......

The Fiesta on State Street on Friday, during Santa Barbara's annual Old Spanish Days, was mostly Mexican. Revelers sported sombreros. Mariachi bands serenaded on street corners. Restaurants were serving margaritas in humongous glasses suitable for...

Having outlived and outlasted such erstwhile rivals as Slumdance, No Dance, Slamdunk, Lapdance, DigiDance, Dances With Films and even Son of Sam Dance (which turned out to be a Toyota van with a projector attached to its roof), the Sundance Film...

Friday February 20, 1998      "I Love You, Don't Touch Me!" is a comedy of eros, an amusing and mischievous look at the push-pull ambivalence and confusion that accompanies the quest for pure and perfect romance in a world that values physical thrills,...

"Amy's Orgasm" is a sophisticated romantic comedy much like "Kissing Jessica Stein." Like Jessica, Julie Davis' Amy Mandell is beautiful, intelligent, Jewish--and unattached. Jessica's inability to find Mr. Right leads her to experiment with her own sex,...

"All Over the Guy" is a romantic comedy of wit and substance that actor-writer Dan Bucatinsky and director Julie Davis have moved gracefully from stage to screen with a change of title and sexual orientation. Bucatinsky starred in his play "I Know You...