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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 536

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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
Tracy-Ann Oberman in 'The Merchant of Venice 1936.' (Marc Brenner)
December 17, 2024, 10:07 am
A female Shylock battles 1930s UK fascists in new adaptation of ‘The Merchant of Venice’
Skyrocketing UK antisemitism after Oct. 7 adds meaning and poignancy as acclaimed actress and playwright Tracy-Ann Oberman puts a new spin on a play she’s ‘always hated’
By Robert Philpot
Roald Dahl signs autographs for young fans in Amsterdam, October 12, 1988. (Public domain)
October 19, 2024, 8:43 am
Beloved author and vicious antisemite Roald Dahl gets complex treatment in new play
Running at London’s Royal Court Theatre through Nov. 16, ‘Giant’ presents a fictionalized depiction of the true-life controversy stirred by the writer’s vitriolic words about Jews
By Robert Philpot
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
"Love Music Now" by singer Dikla with an accompanying dance by Yasmin Godder will be performed September 2024 at the Israel Festival (Courtesy Tamar Lem)
July 31, 2024, 9:16 am
Negev artists to take part in Israel Festival, with performances in Jerusalem and south
This year’s annual cultural event is more reflection than celebration, using art in a process of healing and recovery from tragedies of October 7
By Jessica Steinberg
From left: David Leopold, Sasha Wilson, Joseph Cullen, Lawrence Boothman and Clare Fraenkel in 'The Brief Life and Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria,' now at 59E59 Theaters. (Carol Rosegg/ via JTA)
May 10, 2024, 10:44 am
New dark comedy for stage asks: Was Bulgaria’s King Boris III friend or foe to the Jews?
The paradoxical leader dabbled in fascism, was loved by his people, saved 50,000 lives while enacting antisemitic laws, and is the subject of a play running in NYC through June 2
By Elizabeth Karpen
Guttenberg plays himself in 'Tales From the Guttenberg Bible.' (Adam Wingman via JTA)
May 4, 2023, 5:35 am
​​Steve Guttenberg and his Judaism take center stage in the adaptation of his memoir
Playing through May 21 at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, ‘Tales From the Guttenberg Bible’ explores the actor’s career, Jewish identity and much more
By Stephen Silver
Lillian Hochman will play Tanya and Matthew Woody will play Fievel in the first musical adaptation of 'An American Tail.' (Kaitlin Randolph via JTA)
April 24, 2023, 4:40 am
The classic animated film ‘An American Tail’ is now a musical
The adaptation of the 1986 movie about a family of Russian-Jewish mice who move to America will run at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis from April 25 through June 18
By Shira Li Bartov
David Strathairn (left) in a Georgetown University production of 'Remember This: Walking With Jan Karski.' (Rafael Suanes/Georgetown Univ.)
March 15, 2023, 4:47 am
David Strathairn plays historic Holocaust witness Jan Karski on TV’s ‘Remember This’
In a one-man-show that aired Monday, the famous character actor tells the story of a Catholic hero who snuck into the Warsaw Ghetto to report the Nazi atrocities there to the world
By Linda Buchwald
Oscar Isaac plays the titular character in a revival of Lorraine Hansberry's 'The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window' at the BAM Harvey Theater in Brooklyn, New York. (Julieta Cervantes via JTA)
March 3, 2023, 4:28 am
Oscar Isaac plays a ‘Jewish Hamlet’ in a revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s second play
While some say the Black playwright veered out of her lane in penning the character, others – including Anne Kauffman, who’s directing a just-opened run of the play – beg to differ
By Gabe Friedman
Ben Perry (left), Mili Avital (center) and Noga Milstein of 'Next Stop,' Milstein and Avital's play about Israelis in New York, onstage at Habima in March 2023 (Courtesy PR)
February 22, 2023, 6:52 am
Comedy about Israelis trying to make it in NYC finds a ‘Next Stop’ on Tel Aviv stage
Playwright Noga Milstein brings her culture clash shenanigans in English to Habima theater with a storyline that will resonate with new arrivals trying to make it in Israel
By Jessica Steinberg
A scene in the production "Indecent," telling the story of a controversial 1923 Yiddish play which featured Broadway's first lesbian kiss. (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 11, 2023, 10:26 pm
Free speech advocates slam Florida school for nixing Jewish LGBTQ play
‘Indecent’ tells true story of 1923 Yiddish show which featured controversial first lesbian kiss on Broadway; county spokesperson calls its dialogue ‘inappropriate’ for students
By Mark Kennedy
Costumes from productions that originated at Joseph Papp’s Public Theater on display at the Museum of Broadway. (New York Jewish Week via JTA)
December 19, 2022, 6:56 am
7 Jewish highlights from the new Museum of Broadway
In a three-story tribute to the Theater District located in its heart, the majority of featured musicals and plays bear the mark of the Tribe, from Tony Kushner to Stephen Sondheim
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
UK actor Pip Utton performs his one-man show "Adolf." (Screenshot/YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 16, 2022, 11:44 pm
Parents furious after UK students do ‘Sieg Heil’ salute to Hitler during school play
Pupils at prestigious Millfield School raise arms to actor dressed as Nazi dictator, who says he ‘manipulated’ them to make a point; principal apologizes
By ToI Staff
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
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