Theater
Jerusalem highlights: June 26-July 2
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
A play called ‘The Zionists’ turns the post-Oct. 7 discourse into a dysfunctional family drama
New comedy-drama Jacob’s Stepladder to premiere at Jerusalem’s Khan Theater
John Lithgow wins Tony Award for portraying Roald Dahl in ‘Giant,’ about author's antisemitism
From ‘Hairspray’ to ‘South Park,’ composer Marc Shaiman tells a story shaped by Jewish humor
In his new memoir “Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner,” Marc Shaiman reflects on a life shaped by chutzpah, fate, disappointment
Jerusalem highlights: February 6-12
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
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.
