Theater
Yiddish Cabaret in Israel Brings Odessa To Tel Aviv
Vodka and herring rounded out the experience of returning to Odessa, home to many Jewish writers and thinkers.
The Jewish Picasso Is Finally Ready For His Close-Up
During WWII, he became a forger. With red crayons and black ink, he shaved years off the lives of French children.
Folksbiene To Present ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ — In Yiddish
“Fiddler on the Roof” began life as a Sholem Aleichem story, penned in Yiddish. The show will return to that language in summer 2018.
Take Heart! There’s A Princess Diana ‘Bon Jovi’ Musical Coming Soon!
A Princess Diana musical by ‘Bon Jovi’ drummer David Bryan is coming to La Jolla Playhouse.
Meet The Healthy Kosher Cookie Queen
A healthy chocolate chip cookie! Will wonders ever cease?
Reimagining Isaac Babel In The Era Of Fake News
Rajiv Joseph considers the power of storytelling and dangers posed when the powerful and malignant wield know how to craft stories.
Why Yiddish Theater Works Better In America Than In Israel
“Yiddish is not about the Holocaust. It goes way beyond that. My dream is to keep Yiddish alive in a post-Holocaust world.”
Playwright Israel Horovitz Accused Of Sexual Harassment, Assault By Nine Women
“For the man who represented all that, to treat me the way he did, was the ultimate betrayal,” said Maia Ermansons.
Amy Schumer Shines As ‘Shiksa Goddess’ In Steve Martin’s Dim-Watted Play
Despite some potentially interesting playwriting tricks, “Meteor Shower,” mostly just crashes and burns.
Should We Give Ayn Rand A Second Chance? Tony Award-Winning Director Says Yes.
Ivo van Hove adapted Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead” for the stage. “I tried to bring onstage the ambivalence of this work,” he says.
‘Illyria’ Mixes Joe Papp, Robert Moses And McCarthyism, But It’s Not Shakespeare
Shakespeare wrote masterfully of the ways in which the historic movements of a society affect the lives of its ordinary citizens.
