Musical

‘Leave One Day’: Low-key musical about French chef - review

"Leave One Day," the feature film directorial debut of Amelie Bonnin, includes characters who express their thoughts in a nice, low-key way.

Amelie Bonnin and Juliette Armanet attend the "Partir Un Jour" (Leave One Day) photocall at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 14, 2025 in Cannes, France.
Lady Larken and Sir Harry.

Once Upon a Mattress proves fairy tales are funnier when turned upside down

Blindness by choice, Israeli opera.

Sightings, sounds, and self-knowledge: Ten reasons to go out next week

 Kevin Spacey on stage in Tel Aviv Wednesday night.

Kevin Spacey in Tel Aviv: Music, memories, and a bid for redemption


The curtain goes up on musical ‘Vilna’

'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.

 Poster for the new musical, "Vilna."

A flood of talent in ‘Rusalka’ - review

This much beloved opera, with its mythical and folk aspects, has delighted opera fans since its world premiere in 1901

 MEZZO-SOPRANO Edna Prochnik as Jezibaba in ‘Rusalka.’

Jewish performer Barbra Streisand bestowed with Screen Actor's Guild lifetime award

This is the first SAG award for an EGOT winner - having won Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and an honorary Tony award.

 Singer Barbra Streisand speaks on stage during the American Theatre Wing's 70th annual Tony Awards in New York, US, June 12, 2016.

Honoring Holocaust victim and Austrian musician Viktor Ullmann

One can only hazard a guess at what Ullmann may have gone on to write and produce, had his life circumstances been kinder.

 HERBERT GANTSCHACHER – celebrating Austrian composer and pianist Viktor Ullmann.

Kanye’s new song reopens antisemitism wounds: 'I f**** a Jewish b****'

Kanye's new song is just the latest in a long history of the rapper's antisemitism.

 Kanye West attends the Cincinnati Bengals game against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium earlier this year. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

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.

 The Bring Them Home Now poster featuring photographs of the hostages

MTV Europe Music Awards canceled amid Israel-Gaza crisis

A spokesperson cited the escalation as a security concern for visitors from all over the world.

 TAYLOR SWIFT accepts the Video of the Year Award during the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards  last week.

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.

Fiddler on the Roof

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

Jerusalem highlights: October 6-12

 SEE ‘PETER PAN’ by the Cameri Theatre company

Iconic film ‘Late Summer Blues’ becomes a stage musical - review

Beit Lessin Theater presents this new musical exactly 50 years since the 1973 Yom Kippur War, about a group in the weeks before their induction into the IDF in 1970.

 THE LANDMARK Israeli film ‘Late Summer Blues’ comes to the stage.