theater

'Last Night in Florence': A play on antisemitism threatening Jewish life - review

Last Night in Florence is a surprising yet refreshing hybrid of upbeat jazz with dark and difficult themes – as if urging us to find harmony and light in our current challenges as well.

By YAEL UNTERMAN
27/01/2024

Shira Haas to transition from screen to stage in West End debut

Playbill reported that she has been cast in Opening Night, an upcoming musical with a score by Rufus Wainwright and a book by Ido van Hove, which will open at the Gielgud Theatre in March.

‘Sonia – The Musical’ to premiere at Haifa Theater

An intensely private person during her lifetime, Sonia Peres is reimagined in the new production by lyricist Shachar Shamai and composer Guy Frati.

Jerusalem highlights January 19 – 25

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

Between trolls and men, Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' returns

With its wealth of characters, locations, plots, and ideas, Peer Gynt is a grand kaleidoscope.

‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’ hits Khan Theater - review

Brecht’s 1941 dark allegory about a criminal take-over of society plays to appreciative Israeli audiences.

Opera about Theodor Herzl filmed over weekend

The opera, which centers on two periods in the life of the founder of modern Israel, premiered last May to great acclaim.

 A SCENE from ‘Vienna or Dimona’ by Yaniv Peretz

To stay or not to stay: Jewish Festival of Performing Arts presents ‘Vienna or Dimona’

There are clearly some heavy-duty issues worked into the fabric of the play, but a healthy dosage of comedic material helps the philosophical medicine go down.

20/12/2023

Joy, by God at the Jerusalem Theater Festival

The five-parter series starts at 7 p.m. on December 20 and 21, with the eclectic theatrical offering about a young girl who refuses to accept her father's death.

19/12/2023

An out-of-time 'Shampoo Queen' - review

Is the 1970 satire by Hanoch Levin appropriate for today's war-torn country?

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