Musical

From Frozen to Cinderella: Ice spectaculars arrive across Israel this summer

London's acclaimed Imperial Ice Stars will transform the Tel Aviv Opera into a full-size ice rink this September with Cinderella on Ice, while Musical on Ice tours Israel throughout the summer.

Olga Sharutenko performs as Cinderella (L) with Andrey Penkin as Lord Mayor's Son during a photocall for Cinderella on Ice at the Royal Albert Hall in London, on February 24, 2010.
 Kanye West attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

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Amelie Bonnin and Juliette Armanet attend the "Partir Un Jour" (Leave One Day) photocall at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 14, 2025 in Cannes, France.

‘Leave One Day’: Low-key musical about French chef - review

Lady Larken and Sir Harry.

Once Upon a Mattress proves fairy tales are funnier when turned upside down


A new look into Yemenite Jewish music with all-woman quintet

The all-woman vocal quintet is taking its last boy at the National Library in Jerusalem on February 1-2.

THE BANAT el Yemen vocal quintet will appear at this week’s Besod Kolot Rabim Festival at the National Library, in Jerusalem

Musical production 'Hello, Dolly!' is coming to Jerusalem

Hello, Dolly! is based on Thornton Wilder’s 1954 play, The Matchmaker (itself a revision of his 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers).

 BEZALEL MANEKIN as Horace Vandergelder and Sandy Cash as Dolly in ‘Hello, Dolly!.’

Baroque and roll

Composer Avner Hanani to unveil his latest creation at Christmas Concert in Jerusalem

 AVNER HANANI – his ‘Concerto alla moda’ will get its world premiere.

Mélanie Laurent brings expertise to curtain raiser of this year’s Israeli Harp Competition

Laurent certainly put her heart, soul and hours of practice into her instrumental love, and made good progress.

 MÉLANIE LAURENT: I had a very big crush on the sound.

Grammy-nominated R&B band Southern Avenue visits the Holy Land

 SOUTHERN AVENUE members (from left) Ori Naftaly, Tierinii (and Naava), Ava and TK Jackson, in Jerusalem’s Old City, last week.

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.

Broadway billboards in New York City's Times Square

It takes two women to portray refusenik Ida Nudel in new play

Currently being staged at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv, the show began in September and plans to keep going for as long as people will turn out.

 TZEDI TZARFATI’S latest musical production, ‘Ida.’

Jerusalem highlights October 14-20

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 SCOTTISH STOUT is on offer at Hataklit (The Record pub) this week.

Can one Israeli start-up reinvent the music management industry?

Elad Pankovski and Omer Matz, creators of IndieFlow, believe that music does indeed need a makeover.

 IndieFlow co-founders Elad Pankovski (left) and Omer Matz (right)

'Phantom of the Opera' is taking its final bow after 35 years

Broadway's longest-running show is having its final curtain call in February 2023, according to multiple news sources.

A SCENE FROM ‘Phantom of the Opera,’ in which Ben Lewis stars as the ‘Phantom’ and Kelly Mathieson as ‘Christine Daaé'