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Lucca Züchner as Herbert von Karajan, left, and Helen Schneider as Leonard Bernstein in 'Last Call.' (Maria Baranova)
March 17, 2025, 10:55 pm
A Jewish and an ex-Nazi conductor walk into a bar… and inspire an off-Broadway play
Running through May 4, ‘Last Call’ reimagines a true late-in-life meeting between musical peers and rivals Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan, providing much food for thought
By Jordan Hoffman
A still from a production of 'October 7: In Their Own Words.' (Courtesy)
October 17, 2024, 4:05 am
Despite threats and blacklist, play based on word-for-word Oct. 7 testimony tours US
Irish husband-wife duo Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney felt impelled to pen ‘Oct. 7: In Their Own Words’ – but soon found themselves producing it in a hostile environment
By Joshua Hershfield
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
Johnny Berchtold and Lily McInerny in 'Camp Siegfried.' (Photo by Emilio Madrid)
November 18, 2022, 2:48 am
An adorkable actor can’t save gimmicky ‘Camp Siegfried,’ set at Nazi retreat in NY
While well-executed and boasting fabulous talent, the off-Broadway show based on a true place ultimately feels like not much more than a cleverly-written teenage love story
By Jordan Hoffman
Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman at a rehearsal for their musical 'Harmony' in New York City. (Julieta Cervantes/ via JTA)
April 5, 2022, 2:52 am
Iconic singer Barry Manilow dishes on bringing his Nazi-era musical to NYC
With a new production of ‘Harmony’ opening April 14, Manilow and his writing partner Bruce Sussman discuss the show’s – and their – Jewish roots, along with their legendary careers
By Jacob Henry
Tovah Feldshuh, in ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth,’ at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC, on December 8, 2021. (Courtesy/Carol Rosegg)
December 17, 2021, 4:10 pm
Tovah Feldshuh is very becoming in ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth’
Through Jan. 2, a limited performance of the one-woman show based on the life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer is at NYC’s Museum of Jewish Heritage
By Jordan Hoffman
Alex Edelman, a Jewish comedian raised in a Modern Orthodox home, who was the head writer last year for 'Saturday Night Seder,' is now performing a show centered on the time he attended a white nationalist meeting. (Stephanie Augello/ via JTA)
December 6, 2021, 3:30 am
In solo show, comic Alex Edelman says life not black and white for US Ashkenazi Jews
‘Just for Us,’ which opens off-Broadway on Dec. 8, discusses navigating life in a mostly non-Jewish America; the central story is about attending a white nationalist meeting in NYC
By Ben Sales
Ari'el Stachel accepts the award for featured actor in a musical for 'The Band's Visit' at the 72nd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall, on Sunday, June 10, 2018, in New York. (Michael Zorn/Invision/AP)
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
Zero Mostel and Maria Karnilova in a scene from a stage play 'Fiddler On The Roof', 1964. (Photo from a Stage Production/Getty Images)
June 21, 2020, 12:51 am
Pandemic means intermission for 50-year tradition of near-daily ‘Fiddler’ shows
March 13 was curtains for the iconic production performed worldwide since its 1964 release, but like its characters the show perseveres with amateurs and pros staging it on YouTube
By Stephen Silver
From 'A Walk With Mr. Heifetz,' the 2018 Off-Broadway play written by James Inverne that is now available as an audio recording (Courtesy A Walk With Mr. Heifetz)
May 13, 2020, 9:26 pm
Off-Broadway play about pre-state Palestine goes online
‘A Walk With Mr. Heifetz’ imagines a 1926 conversation with famed violinist Jascha Heifetz and pioneer and composer Yehuda Sharett
By ToI Staff
Patricia Kalember as Gloria Steinem, with Eunice Wong from the ensemble in 'Gloria: A Life.' (APrioriPhotography/ courtesy American Repertory Theater)
February 25, 2020, 2:07 am
Ripple effect from Gloria Steinem’s second-wave feminism inspires stage show
‘Gloria: A Life,’ running in Cambridge, Mass. through March 1, makes feminism of ’70s accessible to next generation in an era of #MeToo, women’s marches, and gender wage disparity
By Penny Schwartz
Ken Ludwig, at Studio 54 in New York City, April 29, 2019. (Walter McBride/ WireImage/ Getty Images/ via JTA)
December 5, 2019, 2:59 am
The king of farce’s new play is inspired by his parents’ love letters
‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise,’ by Broadway legend Ken Ludwig, weaves a bi-coastal correspondence at the height of WWII into a full-fledged romance tale — and a humorous one
By Curt Schleier
Congresswoman and women rights activist Bella S. Abzug. (Bettmann/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 27, 2019, 12:38 pm
Why does a man need to star in a play about legendary politician Bella Abzug?
Known for changing the game for drag performers in mainstream theater, Harvey Fierstein opts to don neutral black for his portrayal of the female icon — but the costume is moot
By Mia J. Merrill
Cast of 'Swan Lake Rock Opera.' (Lauren Khalfayan)
October 11, 2019, 3:46 am
Israel dives into US theater scene with newest export, ‘Swan Lake Rock Opera’
Setting itself apart with its universal appeal, the show still boasts a laundry list of Israeli icons among its writers, creators, and actors; now playing in an extended run in NYC
By Steve North
From left: Composer Barry Manilow, Music, actress Suzanne Somers and Michael Feinstein pose backstage after the opening night performance of "Harmony" at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, in Los Angeles, California (Ryan Miller/Invision/AP)
August 21, 2019, 11:59 pm
Barry Manilow musical ‘Harmony’ to debut at NY Jewish museum
Show has been performed in California, Philadelphia and Atlanta over the past two decades; will be produced by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
By JTA
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