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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Rachel Bloom arrives at the world premiere of 'Your Place Or Mine,' Feb. 2, 2023, at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
July 26, 2023, 2:41 pm
Rachel Bloom to debut her one-woman musical comedy off-Broadway
Creator and star of ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ suggests that her show, ‘Death, Let Me Do My Show,’ set to run in the fall, will explore the ‘tumultuous events’ of her personal life
By Lisa Keys
Author Jennifer Caplan alongside her new book, 'Funny You Don't Look Funny.' (Courtesy)
March 7, 2023, 5:45 am
Is that (still) funny? Scholar explores generational shifts in Jewish humor
In her new book, ‘Funny, You Don’t Look Funny,’ Jennifer Caplan traces attitudes toward American Jewish comedy from Philip Roth to ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘SNL’ and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’
By Amy Spiro
Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch in "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend." (YouTube screenshot/via JTA)
September 23, 2020, 3:04 pm
Rachel Bloom now ‘In Love With The Dancer From My Bat Mitzvah’
Creator and star of hit ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ will help write and executive produce new romantic mystery comedy series
By Curt Schleier
Holocaust TV. (Header image via CSA Images/Getty Images and Key & Peele/via JTA)
July 31, 2020, 1:35 am
Five TV shows that got Holocaust humor just right
Jokes about the Holocaust have the potential to go very, very wrong, but they also can challenge, enrich, and preserve history
By Annette Covrigaru
Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch in 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.' (Screen shot from YouTube/ via JTA)
July 11, 2020, 4:38 pm
Locked down? Open up to… perfect pandemic-era insight in ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’
As the world struggles through a perfect storm, this delightfully Jewish series both teaches and entertains as it deals with issues like gender equality, mental health, and racism
By Penina Beede
In this Nov. 8, 2018, file photo, Rachel Bloom, left, and Dan Gregor arrive at the Patron of the Artists Awards at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
April 2, 2020, 4:58 am
‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ star Rachel Bloom has baby amid virus chaos
Actress describes harrowing experience giving birth during outbreak that took life of close friend and collaborator Adam Schlesinger
By AP
Adam Schlesinger at SiriusXM Studios in New York, April 19, 2018. (Mireya Acierto/Getty Images via JTA)
April 2, 2020, 3:08 am
Fountains of Wayne cofounder Adam Schlesinger dies from coronavirus at 52
Emmy winner and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ songwriter had been treated in hospital in upstate New York for over a week
By Ron Kampeas and Emily Burack
Rachel Bloom at the Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, January 11, 2018. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Critics’ Choice Awards/via JTA)
May 7, 2018, 11:20 pm
Rachel Bloom on Michelle Wolf, her first film and post-‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’
The 31-year-old shock comedy goddess and TV star reveals that her show’s fourth season will be its last, but hopes to carry her feminist momentum into future projects
By Curt Schleier
Some of the talent behind 'Dear Evan Hansen,' from left: Lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, writer Steven Levinson and lead actor Ben Platt at the NYU Skirball Center, May 7, 2017. (Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Lucille Lortel Awards/JTA)
June 10, 2017, 8:01 am
Tony Awards 2017: Seven Jewish plays to watch
From a show about Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to a Broadway legend playing a cosmetics doyenne, here are the productions expected to win big
By Linda Buchwald
A scene from an episode of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” featuring Tovah Feldshuh, left, and Patti LuPone. (Screenshot from YouTube)
January 19, 2017, 5:00 am
5 Jewish moments in epic ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ episode
Musical-comedy series has some standout scenes in second season
By Linda Buchwald
Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) faces off with her frenemy in a 'JAP Rap Battle' on the CW's musical comedy 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.' (Screenshot/YouTube)
July 16, 2016, 8:56 am
Rooting for Ross and Rachel at the Emmys
David Schwimmer makes splash as Kardashian patriarch, while ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ picks up 4 nods for creator Rachel Bloom
By Lisa Keys and Amanda Mikelberg
Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) faces off with her frenemy in a 'JAP Rap Battle' on the CW's musical comedy 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.' (Screenshot/YouTube)
March 11, 2016, 4:38 am
Why ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Rachel Bloom is on her way to Israel
The Jewish actress behind the award-winning sitcom discusses the real-life impetus behind last week’s rap, ‘JAP Battle’
By Linda Buchwald
Rachel Bloom poses in the press room with the award for best actress in a TV series, comedy or musical, for her role in "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 10, 2016, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
January 12, 2016, 12:05 am
‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ star wins Golden Globe
’Son of Saul’ isn’t only Jewish success at awards ceremony
By JTA and AP
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