Broadway

Theater charity Broadway Cares funds Gaza aid and now relief for Israelis too

After making a $400,000 donation to charities working in Gaza, Broadway Cares was encouraged to also donate to Israeli causes.

By LUKE TRESS/JTA
21/02/2024

Sen. Chuck Schumer makes his Broadway debut

In a one-minute-long video posted to his Instagram account, Schumer pops up from the crowd to uproarious applause.

By JULIA GERGELY/JTA
24/11/2023

WATCH: Broadway stars sing 'Bring Him Home' in tribute to Gaza hostages

Broadway stars, including Debra Messing and Jeremy Jordan, gathered together in a recording booth, or at home, and recorded both voice and film.

Joanna Merlin, original Tzeitel in Broadway’s ‘Fiddler,’ dies at 92

In an interview for the 2016 PBS documentary series “American Masters,” Merlin said she auditioned eight times before the director of “Fiddler,” Jerome Robbins.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
17/10/2023

Rachel Bloom’s one-woman musical comedy to open off-Broadway this fall

A Los Angeles native, Bloom, who studied drama at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, once told JTA that she always felt a kinship with New York Jews.

By LISA KEYS/JTA
25/07/2023

Leo Frank and 'Parade': When theater and reality overlap - opinion

The Leo Frank case reignited the nefarious Ku Klux Klan. It also strengthened the creation of the American Defamation League. 110 years after the trial, the Leo Frank case isn’t closed

Broadway’s ‘Parade’ will leave you in tears - review

“It’s never been more timely to have a show about antisemitism back on Broadway,” one audience member told The Jerusalem Post.

Sheldon Harnick, the lyricist of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ dies at 99

Harnick — whose paeans to Jewish tradition have become internationally appreciated as a reflection of cultural loss — died Friday at his home in Manhattan.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
24/06/2023

Film version of ‘Soul Doctor’ Broadway musical to hit US theaters for one night

The performance was filmed at the Israel Festival in Jerusalem in 2018, as part of celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of Israel’s founding. 

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
10/06/2023

Steven Spielberg involved in possible TV adaptation of 'Leopoldstadt'

Patrick Marber, who directed the stage version, would adapt the script for television, and Stephen Daldry, known for his work on the revered show “The Crown,” would direct.

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
23/05/2023
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