Theater

Jerusalem highlights: April 10 – April 16

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

Bitul Torah playing cards (see Friday)
RYAN GOSLING in Project Hail Mary.

Movie theaters reopening across the country, just in time for Passover vacation - review

DENIS PODALYDÈS plays author Georges Simenon’s distinguished inspector Maigret in ‘Maigret and the Dead Lover’

‘Maigret and the Dead Lover’: Bringing French detective back to big screen - review

Shaiman writes about the bitter and the sweet of a long, successful career with setbacks that still sting.

From ‘Hairspray’ to ‘South Park,’ composer Marc Shaiman tells a story shaped by Jewish humor


Jerusalem Highlights: November 22-28

Editor’s note: Due to the ongoing security situation, events listed below may be postponed or canceled. Check before booking, and stay safe.

WILLIAM KARON spent time on the European art scene, and his paintings show a deep faith.

Michael Kagan: Israel's playwright, documentarian, poet, scientist, and more

Michael Kagan played a role in transforming the state through his varied ventures as a scientist, entrepreneur, poet, documentarian, playwright, teacher, and more.

 MICHAEL AND his wife, Ruth Gan Kagan (couple at R on couch), with their children and grandchildren.

Tmuna Theater festival 2024: Bold performances in Tel Aviv

Explore groundbreaking performances at Tmuna Theater Festival 2024, featuring innovative plays, international productions, and thought-provoking exhibitions in Tel Aviv this November.

 ‘DRIVE YOUR Plow Over the Bones of the Dead’ by Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk.

A crack in hell: Greek myths abound on the Israeli stage

First performed during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, the Greek tragedy was performed for Hebrew speakers before the State of Israel even existed.

 ‘THE GIRL’ is a retelling of the abduction of Persephone by Hades.

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.

 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.

 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.

 ‘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.

 ‘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.

 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."

 Theater is medicine no doctor can prescribe