In Theater J’s Last Night of Ballyhoo, a Jewish Family Loves and Laments
Before there were cousins bickering over Judaism, unruly hair, and relationships in Bad Jews, there were cousins bickering over Judaism, unruly hair, and relationships in The Last Night of Ballyhoo.
The former play was a sell-out smash...
‘Witnesses’ Brings Voices of Teenage Holocaust Victims Back to Life
The musical Witnesses was conceived by Jordan Beck a decade ago, after his reading of Jacob Boas’ book, We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died In the Holocaust. Of the five diarists quoted in the...
Song Festival fetes Bernstein on his centennial
The Tucson Desert Song Festival is celebrating Leonard Bernstein this year with a festival of festivals.
• There's the song fest, with its impressive lineup of up-and-coming young vocalists and musicians. Thirty events over 20...
One-Woman Play Profiles Three First Ladies’ Travails in the White House
The late Jewish broadcast journalists Barbara Walters and Morley Safer came in for criticism or perhaps plaudits–depending on how you look at it — in the one-woman play Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat &...
Men Drool as Women Rule in New Play
Bad Hombres, Good Wives, a delightful new comedy at the San Diego Repertory Theater, is a cheeky take on Northern Mexico’s narco culture and the relationship between men and women. Written by Playwright in...
A festival of laughs comes to Brooklyn, N.Y.
There are Jewish comedians. And then there is Jewish comedy.
The first-ever Chosen Comedy Festival, set for Aug. 16 in Brooklyn, N.Y., will bring both.
“There’s so much about Jewish comedy that is talked about in...
You may go nuts over ‘Squirrels’
LA JOLLA, California — Sure, we’ve all seen actors warming up by reciting tongue twisters or singing scales to loosen up their vocal cords, doing yoga poses or lunges to limber up and get their...
‘My mother’s Italian, my father’s Jewish, & I’m in therapy!’ highlights joys and struggles...
Steve Solomon has made a successful career out of talking about his family.
The one-man show he created and stars in, “My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, & I'm in Therapy!” — which he will...
Israeli Netta Barzilai to sing in finals of Eurovision contest
Israeli singer Netta Barzilai was voted on Tuesday to be one of the 10 singers in the final of the Eurovision song contest.
Barzilai, who performed the song “Toy,” will join finalists from Estonia, Cyprus,...
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...