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The king and the cobbler: How Illi Gorlitzky built the language of the Israeli stage

From defining Broadway-caliber theater to unionizing the nation’s performers, the legendary actor and advocate leaves behind a legacy that shaped Israel’s cultural fabric for seven decades.

Israeli actor and musician Ili Gorlizki. October 21, 2015.
Actor Tim Curry

Tim Curry, actor famed for 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' dead at 80

FROM LEFT: the National Library’s David Brownstein, the chargé d’affaires at the US embassy in Jerusalem, President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, and Sallai Meridor, the chairman of the National Library of Israel.

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Playwright Art Feinglass ahead of the premiere of his new play, Jacob's Stepladder

New comedy-drama Jacob’s Stepladder to premiere at Jerusalem’s Khan Theater


Ben Platt to play Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank in a revival of Broadway musical ‘Parade’

The show will have a limited run Nov. 1-6 at the New York City Center as its annual gala presentation.

 Ben Platt attends an event at 92Y in New York City, May 9, 2022.

How did Eryn LeCroy, Isaac Sutton, 'Phantom' come to Israel? - opinion

What was a mega-performer doing in the heart of the Sharon, delighting us with snatches of Hebrew on top of her perfect pitch?

 ISAAC SUTTON and Eryn LeCroy in concert.

A movie about how ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ became a movie

“Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen,” tells the story of how the stage musical became a beloved screen classic, a unique backstage look at the musical success.

 Director Norman Jewison, right, and star Topol as Tevye on the set of the film version of "Fiddler on the Roof."

Beanie Feldstein on ‘Funny Girl’ role: ‘meaningful for me as Jewish woman’

Feldstein, 28 — known for movies like "Lady Bird" and "Booksmart" — is starring in the first-ever Broadway revival of "Funny Girl."

 BEANIE FELDSTEIN arrives at the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood earlier this year.

Barry Manilow: Singer dishes on bringing his Nazi-era musical to NYC

Manilow and Sussman have been working together for decades, with a catalog that includes everything from pop hits to musical theater spectacles.

 Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman at a rehearsal for their musical Harmony in New York City.

'Phantom' star Eryn LeCroy to perform at Broadway Israel

‘The Phantom of The Opera’ star Eryn LeCroy brings her voice, Broadway experience and a little faith to the Holy Land.

 ERYN LECROY: I would say that Eliza Doolittle, from ‘My Fair Lady’ and Christine Daaé in ‘The Phantom of The Opera’ are probably the two largest female roles in the musical theater canon.

Slain Broadway vocal coach mourned by Jewish cantors she taught

Many of Barbara Maier Gustern's cantorial students are mourning her senseless death.

A man walks past the shuttered Richard Rodgers Theatre, home of the popular musical "Hamilton" after industry group the Broadway League said Broadway theaters will remain closed through January 3, 2021, in New York, U.S., July 2, 2020

Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim dead at 91

Born into a Jewish family, Sondheim wrote songs for many notable musicals such as Sweeney Todd and West Side Story.

 Stephen Sondheim poses as he arrives at a special screening at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.

As Broadway returns, here are 7 Jewish reasons to head back to the theater

Many of the shows flipping their lights back on, or for the first time, have Jewish content — from straight plays to musicals, dramas to comedies.

Broadway billboards in New York City's Times Square

'Fiddler' international cast sing 'Sabbath Prayer' in 9 languages - watch

Fiddler on the Roof's release comes amid the long-anticipated reopening of Broadway theaters in New York, bringing the world's preeminent musical theatres back to life from hiatus.

‘FIDDLER ON THE ROOF’ at the 70th annual Tony Awards in 2016. After the runaway success of NYTF’s unorthodox revival of ‘Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish,’ this anomaly may have inspired a whirlwind of interest in Yiddish classes, theater and culture that is having its moment during, of all things, a