The third time is apparently the charm for local singer, teacher and musician Meryl Zimmerman as she will be competing as one seven finalists for the title of 2017 Stage Door Idol at...
The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, founded in 1986 at the Union for Reform Judaism’s Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica, Mississippi and recently shuttered, will reopen within two years in...
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)
With the final production of its 50th anniversary year, Summer Lyric Theatre (SLT) at Tulane has pulled off an amazing series under the helm of artistic director Michael McKelvey and “Gypsy” is...
By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Critic, WYES-TV (“Steppin’ Out“)
Near the beginning of Indecent, the one-act ensemble piece by Paula Vogel, which netted director Rebecca Taichman her first Tony Award, the character of Lemml, the Stage Manager (Richard Topol), peers into...
Doctors, especially heart surgeons who save lives, are blessed with rewards that go beyond monetary compensation. The gratitude from the families of those whose loved ones are saved is priceless and it...
By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Critic, WYES-TV (“Steppin’ Out“)
What truly establishes “War Paint” as one of the most unusual Broadway experiences is that rarely are two Tony Award winning actresses allowed to share the stage with one another and stand...
Growing up in a Conservative Jewish New Jersey household prepared Marc Bromfeld for a number of things. Through his association with his synagogue and participation in the movement’s United Synagogue Youth (USY), he...
When Tales of the Cocktail opened its 15th annual conference earlier in the week, it beckoned for a number of closely-connected Jewish members of the spirits industry to arrive in the Crescent City....
By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Critic, WYES-TV (“Steppin’ Out“)
When composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman and his writing partner Scott Wittman opened “Hairspray: The Broadway Musical” 15 years ago, there could not have been an expectation as to how well-received and...
NEW YORK (JTA) — In 2012, Rabbi Jason Herman wrote a letter to Israel’s Chief Rabbinate certifying that a friend of his who wished to get married was Jewish and single.
