Musical

The king and the cobbler: How Illi Gorlitzky built the language of the Israeli stage

From defining Broadway-caliber theater to unionizing the nation’s performers, the legendary actor and advocate leaves behind a legacy that shaped Israel’s cultural fabric for seven decades.

Israeli actor and musician Ili Gorlizki. October 21, 2015.
Stephen Sondheim shown in London ahead of the premiere of "Side by Side by Sondheim," a West End musical revue celebrating his catalogue, April 2, 1976.

Stephen Sondheim was unmistakably Jewish, but did he live a ‘Jewish Life?'

Sarit Brown as Cathy in 'The Last Five Years.'

The last 15 years: Sarit Brown brings intimate musical ‘The Last Five Years’ to Jerusalem - review

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Love vs.Time: Can Love Escape Eternity?


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

Fairy-tale expectations are flipped in this witty, high-energy staging of Once Upon a Mattress.

Lady Larken and Sir Harry.

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

Art, music, and dance come alive this week in Israel, from AI-driven installations to opera, jazz, and contemporary dance.

Blindness by choice, Israeli opera.

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

During the show in Tel Aviv, 66-year-old Kevin Spacey alluded to his past and how he felt ostracized and abandoned.

 Kevin Spacey on stage in Tel Aviv Wednesday night.

'Heroines! Songs & Soliloquies for the Soul': A new musical on Israeli heroines - review

Do bring your tissues if you’re going to the show, and you should. The stories may make you cry, but they’ll also infuse you with hope, pride, and inspiration.

SIXTEEN STORIES of courageous women are spotlighted in ‘Heroines,’ here singing the song of Miriam with tambourines.

Pro-Palestinian Wicked fans slam special after plans to show Wicked: One Wonderful Night in Israel

Wicked: One Wonderful Night is set to air in Israel on both Hot and Yes in early November.

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‘Anne Frank, Superstar’? A satirical musical reimagines the Holocaust victim as a symbol of woke

The show is framed as an ultra-progressive regional theater company staging an adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary.

"Slam Frank"'s Instagram account, the show's primary engine of promotion, has stoked people's confusion.

National Library gets original lyrics of Naomi Shemer’s 'Al Kol Eleh'

For many years, the Shemer family’s attitude toward the song was very ambivalent as it reminded them of the loss of their father and uncle, and also because it had become politically charged.

NAOMI SHEMER’S handwritten lyrics to  ‘Al Kol Aleh.’

Lost music from Auschwitz performed after 80 years

The music Geyer documented was played for the first time in 80 years at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre on June 3-7, 2025.

 THE WORDS ‘arbeit macht frei’ hang above the gate at Auschwitz.

Making musical ends meet, the annual Jerusalem East and West Festival shows the way

A wide-ranging slew of acts that will take the Sultan’s Pool stage, in the shadow of the Jerusalem Old City walls, later this week.

TOM COHEN (center) and the Jerusalem Orchestra East West.

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

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

 THE LOGON presentation of  ‘Oklahoma.’