Perfomances and Plays

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...

As its closing show of the 2017-2018 season, the New Jewish Theatre will present “Life Sucks,” Aaron Posner’s reworking of the Anton Chekhov play “Uncle Vanya.” Whereas the original Chekhov tale can be downright depressing,...

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,...

The San Diego Symphony, like many other orchestras throughout the world, is honoring the centennial birthday of Leonard Bernstein, the great 20th century American conductor, composer, pianist and educator, by including his works in...

It’s not easy sharing a stage with Phil Johnson, at least if you’re a phone. In “A Jewish Joke,” the actor and playwright manhandles and hollers at and clobbers an old rotary-dial number to within...

The Cleveland POPS Orchestra will perform “A Broadway Celebration: Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins: A Centennial Celebration” from 8 to 11 p.m. March 2 at Severance Hall in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland. “The...

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...

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...

San Francisco’s annual Jewish Christmas tradition, Kung Pao Kosher Comedy™, celebrates it 25th Anniversary this December 23–25. The legendary Jewish-comedy-on-Christmas-in-a-Chinese-restaurant extravaganza has been featuring famous Jewish comedians—including the late Henny Youngman and Shelley Berman—Chinese food,...

Jewish ballerina Samantha Hope Galler and Jewish singer Melissa Jacobson each star in ballet and cabaret shows taking place in the final week of December. Galler stars in the Miami City Ballet production of George...