By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)
With the rapid rise of blatant antisemitism in the world today, there is probably no better time than now for the presentation of Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich’s Here There Are Blueberries....
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — “I’ve always wanted to write about the Holocaust,” the playwright Moisés Kaufman, son of a Romanian Holocaust survivor, told me this week. “But it’s the one thing in history that...
For the third time in several years, Congregation Gates of Prayer cantorial soloist Jordan Lawrence is playing a singing nun on stage and it’s a “habit” her synagogue fully supports.
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — At a time of rising antisemitism, two shows about Jews caught up in a dangerous climate of hate received multiple nominations yesterday for the 2024 Tony Awards.
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The theater charity group Broadway Cares donated $400,000 to four Israeli aid organizations after coming under fire for its contributions to Gaza relief.
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)
With a subtitle – “The Carole King Musical” – it’s easy to conceive that “Beautiful” is a musical that only concerns the life of legendary Jewish songwriter Carole King and ancillary figures...
(JTA) — Joanna Merlin, a famed acting coach and casting director who early in her career as an actress created the role of Tevye’s daughter Tzeitel in the original Broadway production of “Fiddler on the Roof,”died Sunday...
(JTA) – Broadway made a statement about antisemitism Sunday evening, as two high-profile shows on the subject this season — the play “Leopoldstadt” and the musical revival “Parade” — pulled in multiple major Tony awards.
(JTA) — Eight times a week, audiences at Broadway’s “Parade” see the curtain rise on a retelling of an act of antisemitism. What they don’t see is the Jewish ritual that comes first.
