Broadway
In Broadway’s ‘Giant,’ Roald Dahl is a warped messenger for a vital debate about Israel
The play, which opens tonight on Broadway, revisits the controversy over an antisemitic book review he wrote for a UK literary journal, one that veered immediately off the rails into bigotry.
Tom Stoppard, acclaimed playwright of ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,’ dies at 87
Silver Moon Bakery, an UWS spot known for its challah, reopens on Broadway
‘Black people have replaced the Jews,' Billy Porter controversially states promoting ‘Cabaret’ cast
Broadway's ‘Parade’ star Ben Platt speaks out on antisemitic protests
Ben Platt, who plays Leo Frank in a Broadway show about Frank's wrongful murder conviction and lynching, spoke out against a neo-nazi protest against the play.
Neo-Nazis rally outside Broadway preview of ‘Parade,’ about an antisemitic murder
The “Parade” protesters also distributed antisemitic literature and criticized the ADL, according to videos shared on social media from the scene.
Jerusalem's Starcatcher to perform hit musical 'Into the Woods'
Starcatcher, in partnership with the Incubator Theater, will perform Stephen Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods at Jerusalem’s newly renovated Gerard Behar Theater from March 2 to 16
George Santos claims he produced Spider-Man musical on Broadway
Santos told potential donors of his supposed job as a producer on the musical, which is notable for its multiple injuries involving actors, poor reviews, technical mishaps and a financial failure.
Disney+ doc traces Idina Menzel’s rise, from the bat mitzvah circuit to Broadway
The film, directed by Anne McCabe, follows Menzel’s 2018 arena tour, along with Josh Groban, which culminated in Menzel fulfilling her lifelong dream of headlining Madison Square Garden.
7 Jewish highlights from the new Museum of Broadway
A three-story tribute to the Theater District located in its very heart, the Museum of Broadway opened last month.
Nurit Hirsh: Israel's beloved songwriter, making hits for over 60 years
If you fancy two hours of peace, for us and for all of Israel, you might not even need any help from on high. Just wangle a ticket for the Hirsh/Sutton spectacular before the run finishes.
‘Leopoldstadt’: A Broadway play of Holocaust horror
With fine direction by Patrick Marber, who is also Jewish, it is no surprise that Leopoldstadt won the Olivier Award for Best New Play when it was performed in London in 2020.
The missed opportunities of Tom Stoppard’s ‘Leopoldstadt’
Stoppard’s play is not exploitative, but intelligent and sincere. I understand why critics and audiences have found it moving, “brilliant,” “beautiful” and “prescient.”
Springtime for who? Israeli satirical show likens Itamar Ben-Gvir to Hitler
It's not quite the Adolf Hitler who ran Germany from 1933-1945, but the singing, high-kicking Hitler imagined by Mel Brooks in his classic 1967 comedy, “The Producers.”