Theater
Movie theaters reopening across the country, just in time for Passover vacation - review
The theaters are operating with the approval of the Home Front Command, which mandates that there must be protection nearby for everyone.
‘Maigret and the Dead Lover’: Bringing French detective back to big screen - review
From ‘Hairspray’ to ‘South Park,’ composer Marc Shaiman tells a story shaped by Jewish humor
Jerusalem highlights: February 6-12
All women production retells David’s journey from shame to servant king
An all-women musical brings King David’s epic journey from outcast to servant king to life on stage in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh.
Fulcro Theatre looks for happiness in Hanoch Levin’s ‘Suitcase Packers’
Suitcase Packers is the flagship show of the Fulcro Theatre group and its first full show in Hebrew since the company made its move to Israel from St. Petersburg in 2022.
'The Accomplices': Restaging history of efforts to save European Jews from the Holocaust
Inside the creative process of a play that forces us to reflect on what happens when the world looks away – from the 1940s to today.
Tom Stoppard, acclaimed playwright of ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,’ dies at 87
Tom Stoppard, the playwright who fused wit, philosophy, and emotional depth in works from Arcadia to Leopoldstadt, has died at 87, ending an extraordinary chapter in modern theater.
AI, artists, scholars revive 17th-century French playwright Moliere with new play
"What we thought was, let's try to recreate a bit of Moliere's creative process using the current state of AI," said Hugo Caselles-Dupre, a researcher in using AI for artistic creation.
Gitai's 'Yitzhak Rabin: Chronicle of an Assasination' confronts amnesia around assasination
"Peace is made with very difficult enemies" doctrine takes the stage in director Amos Gitai’s powerful theatrical work Yitzhak Rabin: Chronicle of an Assassination
Saul Rubinek’s new one-man show asks, is there ever a right time to play Shylock?
“Playing Shylock,” opening in Brooklyn, imagines the cancellation of Shakespeare’s controversial play about the humiliation of a Jewish moneylender.
‘Beyond the Light’: War, peace, and beauty that save the world - review
At the show’s start, the heroine knows nothing of herself; we meet her in a bunker with an AI memory-therapist-psychologist. She is human like us, yet alien from a distant galaxy.
The Eifman Ballet’s 'Crime and Punishment' returns to Israel
Over three decades in the making, 'Crime and Punishment' will be presented next week at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center. This tour will mark the company’s 17th visit to Israel.
Spell ‘highly entertaining’: Encore! Youth put on wonderful performance of 'Spelling Bee' - review
Although the show’s message is that life is not all about winning, to me everyone involved in the production was a winner.