theater

Battling cancer, famed Jewish conductor Michael Tilson Thomas prepares for his last concert

Facing a return of his brain cancer, Tilson Thomas says goodbye with one final concert in San Francisco.

By PENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA
18/04/2025
‘LA BOHEME’ with Yael Levita as Musetta.

Facing the Red Sea: ‘La Bohème’ opera in Tel Aviv gives the gift of imagination

Performed against a massive window, that, at times, alternately presents the audience with the Eiffel Tower or the City of Lights at night.

Samaria Theater: A look at West Bank's first repertory theater's debut performance

Artistic director Nathan Ravitz wants to reach all sorts of audiences, secular and religious, and make the theater accessible to those who can’t travel to big cities due to traffic or security.

05/04/2025

‘Horse with No Name’ is a movie with no plot

A new film, 'Horse with No Name' by Asaf Asulin, opens in theaters around Israel on Thursday.

Postponed by war, Acre Fringe Festival to highlight resilience and art

Israel’s Acre Fringe Festival is back this April with bold, thought-provoking performances.

By NERIA BARR
25/03/2025

'Oklahoma!' shines in Israel: LOGON’s latest musical triumph

Theater review: Light Opera Group of the Negev Netanya Community Center

Donald Trump reportedly expressed affection for ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at Kennedy Center meeting

Trump has not previously been reported to be a Fiddler fan, but the musical has intersected with him before.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
21/03/2025

Miami Beach mayor moves to evict theater operator for showing Oscar-winning ‘No Other Land’

“No Other Land” premiered last Friday at O Cinema, which operates out of the Miami Beach Historic City Hall.

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
15/03/2025

119-year-old message in a bottle discovered during renovation of King's Theatre in Edinburgh

Message from 1906 listed names of those who built the theatre, including prominent builder W S Cruickshank.

'A Picasso': A window onto a less familiar corner of World War II history

Set in 1941 Paris, the play portrays a fictional encounter between legendary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso and a certain Fräulein Fischer.

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