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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
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
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julia GERGELY
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
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
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
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
December 12, 2021, 2:53 am
Jews were behind the original ‘West Side Story’ and today’s remake. Should they be?
Originally titled ‘East Side Story,’ the musical was about warring Jews and Catholics and was altered to reflect a changing NYC. Now, critics ask: Is the classic truly ‘timeless’?
By
Jordyn Haime
October 21, 2021, 6:51 pm
Jewish actor bows out of role as Syrian migrant in Off-Broadway show
Ari’el Stachel expressed unease about character’s accent in ‘The Visitor,’ saying, ‘I couldn’t separate the experiences I was having in the world with what I was doing on stage’
By
Emily Burack
September 11, 2021, 3:21 am
9/11 musical ‘Come From Away’ back on stage, screen with Jewish values at core
Play tells story of 7,000 passengers, including a rabbi, who were rerouted to small Canadian town amid the horror of the attacks, and the warm welcome they received from locals
By
jacob gurvis
July 22, 2021, 2:38 pm
Daily Briefing July 22 – Will massive Team Israel net 7 medals at Tokyo 2020?
Amy Spiro explains who is going for the gold (or silver or bronze); Jordan Hoffman highlights a new Barry Sonnenfeld musical series and a book convinced that Superman was Jewish
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ToI Staff
February 11, 2021, 3:37 am
Golda Meir given posthumous encore in debut of newly rediscovered musical
Celebrated UK actress Maureen Lipman to sing ‘Next Year in Jerusalem,’ title song in a never-seen show about the female Israeli PM, for Jewish Music Institute’s online gala Feb. 11
By
Anne Joseph
April 17, 2020, 2:57 am
‘Prince of Egypt,’ ‘Wicked’ composer says inspired fans are his greatest reward
Discussing the recent stage adaptation of the Disney Exodus classic, his career and Jewish roots, Stephen Schwartz says he ‘didn’t really see it’ when Spielberg first tapped him
By
Steve North
December 27, 2019, 1:41 pm
‘Mame,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!’ composer Jerry Herman dies at 88
The Jewish songwriter, who created 10 Broadway shows, won two Tony Awards, and two Grammys, championed the ‘simple, hummable show tune’ as his contemporaries wrote darker material
By
Mark Kennedy
June 10, 2019, 11:12 am
Jewish stars and directors dominate key categories at 2019 Tony Awards
‘Hadestown’ wins best musical and ‘The Ferryman’ takes best play award, as do their Jewish directors, Rachel Chavkin — only the 4th woman to win in that category — and Sam Mendes
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February 24, 2019, 2:39 am
Filmmaker Stanley Donen, who had Gene Kelly singin’ in the rain, dies at 94
King of Hollywood musicals, who used cinema growing up as escape from tensions of being one of only Jews around, remembered for bringing song and dance to silver screen
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Jake Coyle
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