Lift the veil and behold ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’
SAN DIEGO — “A woman must endure.” The Old Globe tears the veil open in a play by Ursula Rani Sarma based on the book by Khaled Hosseini, and what we see is heartbreaking.
Afghanistan. We hear...
Anastasia fills our dreams
Don’t we all fantasize about being someone else?
Doesn’t every little girl like to play princess, dressing up in gowns and tiaras?
What if that childish fantasy was once your reality?
I first heard the story of...
Gustav Mahler: Jewish Identity and Nineteenth-Century Musical Culture
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 6:00 PM
A Pre-Concert Lecture
with Dr. Daniel Jütte (NYU)
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To be followed at 7:00 PM by
Cantata Profana performing
Gustav Mahler's
"Das Lied von der Erde"
and works by Strauss, Meyerbeer, Schoenberg, and Lewandowski that place Mahler's...
‘Spamalot’ is a ride of madcap silliness
When Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released in 1975, their wildly irreverent treatment of the Arthurian legends seemed the height of chutzpah. With the advent of VCRs, it became a cult classic that true devotées...
Off Broadway Play about Famous Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal Debuts in Marietta
(Atlanta, GA) March 14, 2019 The critically acclaimed off-Broadway play Wiesenthal is coming to the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theater in Marietta on May 29th for a series of seven performances.
Wiesenthal, a one-man...
Atlanta Jewish Music Festival features Cohn, others
One of Atlanta’s premier international musical events, the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival, returns for its ninth year with a diverse musical lineup curated to please audiences of all ages, backgrounds and affiliations, including Jews...
Death And Sex At Masada
Few places are as iconic in Jewish life as Masada, the desert stronghold where, as the story goes, a courageous group of Jews chose to die at their own hands rather than perish by...
‘In Every Generation:’ Playwright Ali Viterbi Out to Show That Jewish Stories Are Worth...
Ali Viterbi has been on my radar ever since I attended my first performance of Women of Valor at the San Diego Repertory Theatre. Viterbi co-authored that play with Artistic Director Todd Salovey, Leah Salovey, Sarah...
Musical called ‘Jew Store’ making world debut locally this weekend
Theater fans who’d like to see a Broadway show before New Yorkers do will have their chance with the world premiere of “Jew Store (The Musical),” at the Aronoff this weekend.
“Jew Store (The Musical),”...
The Sorceress (Di Kishefmakherin) for the first time in over 80 years!
The first musical theatre piece to be produced under NYTF's Global Restoration Project, an initiative to repair and bring to life the lost, damaged, and forgotten works of the Yiddish theatre canon.
5 performances...