Tag: Theater
Catch the Holocaust before it disappears
If you’re a Jew looking for sympathy in these sucker-punch days of hyper-antisemitism, find a way to transport yourself back to the early 1990s, a time when Holocaust memory—“Schindler’s List”; the opening of the...
David Mamet: No ‘cozy mystery in antisemitism of Democratic Party’
In the lifetime of 75-year-old playwright David Mamet, New York City was always Jewish.
"The rhythms, the accent, the humor always felt to me like home," he wrote in the British magazine Unherd. "Because they were home. The...
Stav Festival to fuse Israeli art, stage and musical performances
The Israeli Artists Project is holding the Stav Festival, named after the Hebrew word for “fall,” from Sept. 28 through Oct. 29 in New York City.
With participation from 100-plus Israeli artists, the program offers a...
Celebrated character actor Mark Margolis dies at 83
Most recently bringing to life the unforgettable crime boss Hector Salamanga in 22 episodes of “Better Call Saul” and eight episodes of its predecessor “Breaking Bad,” Jewish actor Mark Margolis has died at the age of...
Sarah Bernhardt still ‘immortal’ 100 years after her death
Carol Ockman, art history professor emerita at Williams College, wrote her first book proposal in the 1990s, years before she knew she would co-curate an exhibit on the same topic at New York’s Jewish...
ADL condemns neo-Nazi protests of Broadway play about antisemitic lynching
With a book by Alfred Uhry, and lyrics and music by Jason Robert Brown, the 1998 musical “Parade” tells the tragic story of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, who was tried, convicted and sentenced to death...
Is Tevye returning to Europe? Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ hopes to head to...
The star of the Yiddish-language “Fiddler on the Roof” production thought it would be no more than a summer curiosity. But after a two-year hiatus induced by the coronavirus pandemic, the award-winning play is...
The ubiquitous ‘Fiddler’ again makes it way to the big screen
How did a non-Jewish director make one of the best Jewish films of all time? Did Frank Sinatra think he could play the part of Tevye? And why did Israeli prime ministers Golda Meir...
‘The Blessing of a Broken Heart’ comes home: Sherri Mandell’s 2003 classic is brought...
“There is nothing as whole as a broken heart.” — Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotsk
Some types of pain never end. Sure, the sharp stab in the heart fades as life in all its complexity roars...
Manhattan school calls off ‘Merchant of Venice’ after parents complain of theme
A Manhattan middle school decided to cancel a production of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” after some parents questioned whether the controversial play was appropriate for students because of its anti-Semitic undertones, according to...