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.

John Lithgow stars as Roald Dahl in "Giant." Mark Rosenblatt's play moved to Broadway after a successful run on London's West End.
Tom Stoppard poses with the award for Best Play for “Leopoldstadt” at the 76th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, US, June 11, 2023.

Tom Stoppard, acclaimed playwright of ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,’ dies at 87

Hungry customers line up outside the new Silver Moon and Buttercup Bake Shop collaboration at 2664 Broadway.

Silver Moon Bakery, an UWS spot known for its challah, reopens on Broadway

Billy Porter (R) and Marisha Wallace (L) promoting the "Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club" show, July 21, 2025.

‘Black people have replaced the Jews,' Billy Porter controversially states promoting ‘Cabaret’ cast


Harold Prince, who brought ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to the stage, dies at 91

Prince died on Wednesday, in Reykjavik, Iceland.

The cast of "Fiddler on the Roof" performs during the American Theatre Wing's 70th annual Tony Awards in New York, U.S., June 12, 2016

Martin Charnin, creator of musical 'Annie' dies at 84

Charnin worked on a number of other Broadway productions including “Bar Mitzvah Boy,” “Remember Mama,” “The First,” and “A Little Family Business.”

Martin Charnin at the Philadelphia Music Alliance 2015 Walk Of Fame Gala at the Fillmore Philadelphia on October 26, 2015

Musical about Neil Diamond headed for Broadway

The untitled project is being produced by Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio, while Michael Mayer (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Spring Awakening) will direct.

Singer Neil Diamond performs on NBC's 'Today' show in New York, US.

Harvey Fierstein to play Jewish feminist icon Bella Abzug Off Broadway

The three-term congresswoman studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary while attending Hunter College.

Broadway

Veep vamps, Broadway legends & Hollywood headliners

If you’d rather laugh than watch people in robes get beheaded, you’ve probably been missing Selina Meyer, the deliciously venal anti-heroine of Veep, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Veep

Shiri Maimon and Broadway cast of ‘Chicago’ dazzle Tel Aviv

“When I performed on Broadway, a lot of Israelis came and made me feel at home there, but here it is a different experience – it’s really home.”

A SCENE from ‘Chicago’

Getting to Broadway via Utah and Israel

DeLaney Westfall and Isaac Sutton bring their New York show tune revue to the Jewish state.

DELANEY WESTFALL and Isaac Sutton – an unlikely pair.

Starcatcher scales the heights

The Israeli premiere of the Broadway sensation 'In the Heights' opens next week.

One of Broadway’s most in-demand attractions from 2008 to 2011– logging more than 1,200 packed performances – Lin-Manuel Miranda’s highly acclaimed ‘In the Heights’ is set to appear on an Israeli stage for the first time in Jerusalem next week. Above: The Starcatcher cast radiates charisma at Safra

'The Band's Visit' wins Grammy Award

Broadway show based on Israeli film takes home the prize for best musical theater album

Sasson Gabay and Katrina Lenk in THE BAND'S VISIT, photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade 2018.

'Hello Dolly!' Actress Carol Channing dies at 97

Channing was the daughter of a Jewish mother and a Christian father and identified as “part Jewish.”

Comedian Carol Channing poses at the 26th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, California January 3, 2015.