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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
Elad Levi, center, stars in 'Kazablan,' at Tel Aviv's Ganei Yehoshua on September 4, 2025 (Credit: Maayan Kaufman)
August 6, 2025, 12:22 pm
Tel Aviv to stage free park performance of ‘Kazablan’
1966 musical starring Elad Levi comes to Ganei Yehoshua as the annual Opera in the Park summer event
By Jessica Steinberg
The Benhamou family of Paris conducts a Passover Seder in a scene from Broadway's "Prayer for the French Republic," which was nominated for three 2024 Tony Awards. (Jeremy Daniel via JTA)
May 2, 2024, 10:23 am
Two shows on antisemitism sweep 2024 Tony nominations
Revival of ‘Cabaret,’ about Weimar-era Berlin club, gets 9 nominations, while ‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ a 3-hour drama on antisemitism in France in 2016, snags 3
By Lisa Keys
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
Performing at Apollonia Park during Sukkot 2023 (Courtesy Mano Grinspan)
September 29, 2023, 4:32 pm
Outside of the sukkah, festivals of every kind abound in Israel
An array of musical, theatrical, artistic, culinary and historical events livens up the country during Sukkot 5784
By Jessica Steinberg
Nicolette Luisa and Stuart Brown as Scarabouche and Galileo in 'We Will Rock You," the Queen musical onstage at Tel Aviv's Opera House through September 14, 2023 (Courtesy Alon Levin)
August 31, 2023, 8:10 pm
Queen-inspired ‘We Will Rock You’ musical rhapsodizes Tel Aviv
Critically panned but loved by fans worldwide, the show written by Ben Elton with band’s tunes tells dystopian tale
By Jessica Steinberg
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
Sheldon Harnick accepts the special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the Theatre at the Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016, in New York (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
June 23, 2023, 9:14 pm
Sheldon Harnick, award-winning lyricist of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ dies aged 99
Also penned the words for ‘Fiorello!’ and ‘The Apple Tree’; actor Jackie Hoffman: ‘Like all brilliant persnickety lyricists he was a pain in the tuchus’
By Mark Kennedy
From 'Theodor,' the new original Hebrew opera about Theodor Herzl, premiering May 10, 2023 at The Israeli Opera (Courtesy Israeli Opera)
May 6, 2023, 10:32 am
A tale of two Herzls premieres in Tel Aviv in new opera ‘Theodor’
A Hebrew libretto for the ages asks audiences to consider what pushed the Jewish journalist and activist to found the modern Zionist movement
By Jessica Steinberg
From 'We Will Rock You,' the West End musical based on the music of Queen, coming to Israel in August 2023 (Courtesy Stuart Glover)
January 19, 2023, 11:37 am
Music of Queen comes to Israel with ‘We Will Rock You’ musical
While often panned by critics, play is audience favorite that ran for 10 years on London’s West End
By Jessica Steinberg
Gili Yalo, one of the singers in 'Los Angeles Darom,' a new Israeli musical documentary about Kiryat Malachi, at cinematheque theaters throughout Israel through June 2022 (Courtesy 'Los Angeles Darom')
June 22, 2022, 3:55 pm
Documentary brings a musical theater twist to a sleepy Israeli backwater
‘Los Angeles Darom’ highlights real-life struggles in the development town of Kiryat Malachi, through a charismatic resident’s story and original music
By Jessica Steinberg
Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman and the cast of 'Harmony.' (Julieta Cervantes/via JTA)
April 14, 2022, 8:58 pm
Barry Manilow to miss NYC debut of his musical ‘Harmony’ after contracting COVID
Jewish singer says he waited 25 years for premiere of show about musical group in pre-WWII Germany: ‘This just might be the cruelest thing that has ever happened to me’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Isaac Sutton, left and Eryn LeCroy will perform Broadway favorites at four performances on March 25-April 1, 2022. (courtesy, Tami Shaham/ Matthew Murphy)
March 21, 2022, 11:13 pm
Broadway comes to Israel with music from ‘Phantom of the Opera’
Local performer Isaac Sutton presents musical production of Broadway hits for local stages
By Jessica Steinberg
John Mulaney and Kenan Thompson perform a parody of 'Fiddler on the Roof' with a chorus line of Hasidic dancers on 'Saturday Night Live,' on February 26, 2022. (NBC/YouTube via JTA)
February 28, 2022, 11:49 pm
Saturday Night Live parodies ‘Fiddler,’ New York style
Guest host John Mulaney leads cast in homage to classic musical ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ as he sings about the horrors of the New York City subway system
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Fred Neulander's 2001 trial was broadcast on Court TV. (Screengrab via JTA)
February 10, 2022, 7:30 am
Story of rabbi who murdered his wife to be staged as musical
‘A Wicked Soul in Cherry Hill’ tells the story of Rabbi Fred Neulander, who was convicted in 2001 in his wife’s murder
By Ron Kampeas
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