Theater

'Too Jewish?' Why Jewish stories still make some audiences uncomfortable

Why Jewish stories still provoke discomfort – and why that discomfort matters

|ByRYAN CRAIG
The Rosenbergs, a middle-class Jewish family from Edgware, played by Nicholas Woodeson as the father, David Rosenberg, and Tracy-Ann Oberman as mother, Lesley Rosenberg, in Ryan Craig’s play, staged recently in a London theater.
Maya Bloch painting

Jerusalem highlights: May 1-7

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

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN
MERYL STREEP and Anne Hathaway in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2.’

'The Devil Wears Prada 2’ reunites cast but lacks original bite - review

The big question on the minds of fans of the original film, released 20 years ago and today a cult classic, is how the sequel measures up.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
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

"Leave One Day," the feature film directorial debut of Amelie Bonnin, includes characters who express their thoughts in a nice, low-key way.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

More Greek tragedies are now in Israeli theaters

Few could imagine a Greek tragedy as funny, but a few simple changes did just that, flipping Oedipus from tragedy to comedy.

NOVEMBER 18, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Antigone at Beit Lessin.

Cameri Theater honors dramatist Hanoch Levin in wartime production - review

The homage production by the Cameri Theater marked the late Levin’s 80th birthday.

NOVEMBER 10, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
A SCENE from ‘Whoever Wasn’t Born Is Missing Out.’

New theatre production ‘Collective Phenomena’ reveals story of defiant Soviet-Jewish scientists

The director of Collective Phenomena, Semion Aleksandrovskiy, shared a little of this complex history via his own family story.

NOVEMBER 10, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
‘COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA’ director Semion Aleksandrovskiy.

Zombies galore at Surround Festival in Tel Aviv

October, a new musical performance by Daniel Sapir and the FTW Orchestra, is a bold attempt to express in music the pain, rage, and sorrow felt after the October 7 terror attack.

OCTOBER 27, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
‘ZOMBIE DRIVE IN’ will be presented at the Surround Festival.

Tel Aviv's Kipod Hazahav festival brings 16 independent productions to the stage

The Golden Porcupine competition for independent theater will return to Tel Aviv next month with some of Israeli theater's best shows.

OCTOBER 22, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Kipod Hazahav offerings include ‘Full Tank'.

Gilat Foundation uses therapeutic theater to uplift children in hospitals

"These children are already in vulnerable situations. That’s why offering them therapeutic theater every week, giving them a space to feel like normal kids, is so vital."

OCTOBER 20, 2024ByFELICE FRIEDSON, VERONICA NEIFAKH
Theater is medicine no doctor can prescribe

Bullishly cute children's theatre in Beersheba

Keep an eye out for these kid-friendly performances in Beersheba.

OCTOBER 20, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
The Story of Ferdinand.

Sderot's festival and its fracture: art healing amid chaos

Amid everything going on in the South, the Adama Center's three-day Festival and Its Fracture promotes unity through creativity.

OCTOBER 20, 2024ByORI J. LENKINSKI
‘I’M STILL HERE’ will open the Arava International Film Festival.

Israeli Opera’s bold 2025 season opener is part opera, part kibbutz

Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore opens the Israeli Opera's 2025 season with a unique Israeli twist.

OCTOBER 20, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
THE ISRAELI Opera begins its 2025 season with ‘L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti.’ From Left to Right: Yael Levita (Adina), Anat Czarny (Gianetta), and Oded Reich (Belcore).

'About survival': Ben Shapiro talks of Jewish unity in surprise move to theater - interview

In 'We Will Rise', the conservative commentator tackles a profoundly personal project with added meaning after October 7.

OCTOBER 18, 2024ByZVIKA KLEIN
‘THE WARSAW Ghetto Uprising was one of those moments in Jewish history where the Jews knew they didn’t stand much of a chance, but they fought anyway. The bravery, the sacrifice – that’s something that should never be forgotten,’ Ben Shapiro insists.