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Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim gestures during a gathering at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., Monday, April 12, 2004. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
May 23, 2026, 11:52 am
New biography hits the high and low notes of Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim’s life
Author Daniel Okrent doesn’t miss a beat analyzing the music, lyrics — and complicated personality — of the extremely secular Jewish maverick who revolutionized American musical theater
By Renee Ghert-Zand
John Lithgow, as Roald Dahl, confronts Aya Cash, playing an American Jewish sales director at Farrar Strauss Giroux, in 'Giant.' (Joan Marcus via JTA)
March 25, 2026, 4:17 am
In Broadway’s ‘Giant,’ Roald Dahl is a warped messenger for a vital debate about Israel
John Lithgow stars in a new play about the beloved children’s author whose antisemitic outbursts of decades ago may sound hauntingly familiar to many Diaspora Jews today
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Sasson Gabay and Miri Mesika will star in a limited run of musical 'The Band's Visit' at Tel Aviv's Shlomo Group Arena in January 2026 (Credit: Nir Selikman)
September 2, 2025, 9:39 pm
‘The Band’s Visit’ musical coming to Tel Aviv
Stars Sasson Gabay and Miri Mesika to reprise their film, Broadway and West End roles in the award-winning production
By Jessica Steinberg
Actor Jerry Adler arrives for the funeral service of James Gandolfini, star of "The Sopranos," in New York's the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, June 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
August 24, 2025, 5:41 pm
‘Sopranos’ star Jerry Adler, who hailed from Jewish theater family, dies at 96
Adler spent much of his career behind the scenes on Broadway, then transitioned to TV and film acting in the 80s, eventually landing role of Tony Soprano adviser Hesh Rabkin
By Mallika Sen
Billy Porter introduces Elton John during the 2024 A Year in TIME dinner at Current at Chelsea Piers on December 11, 2024 in New York City. (Noam Galai / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
July 24, 2025, 8:16 am
Billy Porter sparks controversy by saying Black people replacing Jews as targets of hate
Actor and singer makes remark while promoting new lead role in revival of ‘Cabaret,’ which deals with a Berlin nightclub and its patrons during rise of Nazism
By JTA and ToI Staff
Composer Charles Strouse is interviewed in his apartment, June 3, 2008, in New York. (AP/Richard Drew)
May 16, 2025, 9:08 am
Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of ‘Annie’ and ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ dies at 96
Three-time Tony Award-winner also wrote film scores for ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ and ‘The Night They Raided Minsky’s’
By Mark Kennedy
Linda Lavin speaks at the 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards, March 19, 2022, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello, File)
December 30, 2024, 11:23 am
Actress Linda Lavin, who starred in long-running sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87
Jewish Tony Award winner enjoyed a decades-long career on stage, TV and film, including in ‘Barney Miller’ and ‘Wanderlust’
By Mark Kennedy
The son of a renowned cantor, 11-year-old Yair Keydar, left, makes his New York stage debut in "Drag: The Musical" at New World Stages. Also pictured: Actors Joey McIntyre and Luxx Noir London. (Matthew Murphy)
December 11, 2024, 7:04 pm
Son of cantor, 11, makes Broadway debut in musical on drag queens
Yair Keydar has always been drawn to music, performing since he was a toddler while sharing the bimah with his cantor mom, and today attends the after-school Broadway Bound Academy
By Steve North
Shaina Taub accepts the Best Original Score award for "Suffs" onstage during The 77th Annual Tony Awards at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions via JTA)
June 17, 2024, 5:10 pm
‘Suffs’ creator cites Jewish text Pirkei Avot in Tony Awards acceptance speech
Shaina Taub says Talmudic quote ‘You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it’ grounded her while she wrote her award-winning Broadway show
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Screen capture from video of New York Senator Chuck Schumer, right, making a cameo appearance in the Broadway show 'Gutenberg! The Musical!' November 22, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 23, 2023, 8:37 am
US Sen. Chuck Schumer thrills audience with Broadway debut
New York senator makes appearance in ‘Gutenberg! The Musical!’ taking traditional cameo role of producer who finally agrees to fund show
By julia GERGELY
Johanna Merlin was an actress, casting director and acting teacher; she appeared as Tzeitel in the original Broadway production of 'Fiddler on the Roof,' and is seen standing to the left of a castmate in a 1964 photo. (NYU Tisch Grad Acting; Michael Ochs Archives via JTA)
October 17, 2023, 4:02 pm
Joanna Merlin, original Tzeitel in Broadway’s ‘Fiddler,’ dies at 92
The famed acting coach and casting director was said to be the last disciple still teaching the Russian naturalistic technique of Michael Chekhov later adapted as ‘The Method’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Katerina McCrimmon sings 'Break From The Line' in Bilingual Broadway, June 20, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 15, 2023, 1:51 am
US tour of ‘Funny Girl’ casts non-Jewish actor as Fanny Brice, reigniting criticism
A breakout role for Katerina McCrimmon has disappointed some in the theater community who knew the production advertised itself as ‘specifically seeking actors of Jewish heritage’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A fictional Jewish community center recreated on the set of "A Transparent Musical." (Jacob Gurvis via JTA)
July 12, 2023, 1:16 pm
‘Transparent’ musical to launch on Broadway next year
Onstage adaption of hit TV series about Jewish parent coming out as a transgender woman is set against fictional Jewish community center background
By jacob gurvis
Tom Stoppard, center, and members of the company of "Leopoldstadt" accept the award for best play at the 76th annual Tony Awards at the United Palace theater in New York on June 11, 2023. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
June 12, 2023, 8:48 am
‘Leopoldstadt’ and ‘Parade’ win Tony awards, bringing antisemitism center stage
Tom Stoppard’s work wins best play and 3 other awards; dramatization of the blood libel and lynching of Leo Frank wins best revival of a musical
By Andrew Lapin
Shlomo Carlebach performs in Jerusalem on March 8, 1994. (Youtube Screenshot)
June 11, 2023, 5:27 am
Film version of Carlebach-Nina Simone musical to hit US theaters
But ‘Soul Doctor,’ based on 2018 Broadway performance, will only be screened in 600 venues for 1 night — this coming Tuesday
By Gabe Friedman
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