The Beit Hillel Theater Workshop at Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, merges experienced actors and novices, Israelis and Anglo-Saxons.
Other jazzy tributes across the three days include nods to Sting, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, John Lennon, Brazilian music and reggae icon Bob Marley.
Clearly a major group effort, this production wowed the audience on opening night with exquisite songs, playful and dynamic choreography, splendid acting, and moments of surreal comedy.
'My music represents something pure and uniquely Jewish that speaks to everybody.'
The 1961 multi-award-winning classic satire by Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows is this year’s production by Israel’s veteran English-language musical theater group, LOGON.
'Vilna' is the brainchild of Kevin and Allison Cloud, a married writing team in Kansas City, and Lisa Kenner Grissom, a playwright and screenwriter in Los Angeles.
This much beloved opera, with its mythical and folk aspects, has delighted opera fans since its world premiere in 1901
This is the first SAG award for an EGOT winner - having won Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and an honorary Tony award.
One can only hazard a guess at what Ullmann may have gone on to write and produce, had his life circumstances been kinder.
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