Jerusalem theater

Engolement: Once you find your inner golem, life in the shtetl will never be the same - review

Life in the shtetl has been peaceful, but now things are changing. Now the golems face a fateful decision, caught between duty to the community and the urge to discover who else they might yet become

Setting up square.
LEFT: AARON KRAUS, ‘Standing Prayer (Amidah).’ RIGHT: MIRIAM  JASKIEROWICZ ARMAN, ‘Begetting Life.’

‘Jerusalem of Gold’ exhibit brings five Israeli artists to the capital’s theater

Cinderella meets the prince – rehearsal of the Jerusalem premiere of ‘Cinderella,’ opera by Massenet.

Jerusalem Theatre hosts Massenet’s Cinderella in a one-time opera event

Artist Tamar Aluf with her exhibit ‘Painting Longing’ in the Jerusalem  Theatre’s Sherover Foyer. Paintings behind her from L, clockwise: ‘Horizon  of a House,’ acrylic (2025); ‘The Fabric of Life’ (2025); ‘Longing’ (2025).

Painting longing: Journey through loss, memory, and renewal


OPERA REVIEW: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

The cast was a pleasant surprise. It consisted mostly of not yet very well known talented Israeli and foreign singers who performed their roles with remarkable artistic capability.

‘THE BARBER OF SEVILLE’

The sun will come out for Hanukka

‘Annie’ comes to Beit Hillel at The Hebrew University.

‘Annie’

Opera: Updating a classic

The Jerusalem Opera presents ‘The Barber of Seville’ in a modern setting.

‘The Barber of Seville’

תְהִילָה

New play: Tehilla

New play: Tehilla

Keeping your gob open

The Berlin-based British-German Gob Squad troupe brings its left-field take on life to Jerusalem.

The Berlin-based British-German Gob Squad troupe brings its left-field take on life to Jerusalem

They’re in it for the dream

Getting to know the Women’s Performance Community of Jerusalem.

The Women’s Performance Community of Jerusalem co-founders in biblical dress

All Jerusalem’s a stage

The current family-based project is called Golem, or Chrysalis, which is being performed at the pedestrian street end of Agrippas Street, at Elbocher Square.

Puppeteer Adam Yachin gets up close to one of his large creations, together with his 92-year-old puppeteer father

Back in time

J-Town Playhouse presents Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ which takes the audience from the end to the beginning of a bittersweet story.

THE CAST of the J-Town Playhouse production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical ‘Merrily We Roll Along.’

Site-specific festival showcases Jerusalem

At the 360 Location-Dependent Theater Festival“Every day ... has a different feel.”

(From left) Jack Shvili, Limor Eshayek and Avraham Cohen perform in ‘Queen of the Neighborhood: Love in Yemin Moshe.’

CLASSICAL REVIEW: MOZART: THE MAGIC FLUTE Education for Excellence Center Hall, August 4

Directed by Claudia Isabel Martin, some of the work’s difficulties were solved by simply deleting several of the most significant elements.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart