“This tale of our forefathers, of our sages, is about how we went through this and we didn’t think our city and our society could end, no one thought of that as an option... but it happened.”
It has taken more than a century for the Wandering Stars to make it into bona-fide theatrical form, but the Jerusalem-based Encore Educational Theatre Company is doing just that.
Harnick — whose paeans to Jewish tradition have become internationally appreciated as a reflection of cultural loss — died Friday at his home in Manhattan.
It’s not the only prayer recited every night: Ben Platt, playing Leo Frank, recites the Shema just before he is killed by a lynch mob, in the final moments of a musical dramatizing his 1913 arrest.
The performance was filmed at the Israel Festival in Jerusalem in 2018, as part of celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of Israel’s founding.
German conductor Florian Helgath joins forces with the Israeli Vocal Ensemble
The Stage TLV offers an entertaining version of the iconic Peanuts comic strip characters.
What do I want to do, fritter my time away watching something fun and frivolous? Am I really that shallow? Am I not Jewish? Do I not care about my people?
The Tonys will air on CBS and various Paramount-owned streaming services on June 11.
“An American Tail the Musical” will premiere at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis on April 25 and run through June 18.