Zipi Shohat
By Zipi Shohat
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The Schmooze If Herzl Met Hitler
Crossposted from Haaretz There were the customary images — young people on a grassy lawn and restaurant diners downing hummus — but the first day of the 32nd Acre Fringe Theater Festival disappointed. George Tabori’s “Mein Kampf” (translated by Shimon Levy ) features an encounter between Herzl and Hitler at a homeless center, in a…
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The Schmooze If You Will It, It Is No Show
Crossposted from Haaretz Before the premiere of the show “December” last week, Herzliya Ensemble actor Nimrod Bergman read out to the meager audience a letter of support and farewell to Ofira Henig, the theater’s artistic director who has been fired. The letter expressed the feelings of the team of actors and artists who stood next to him…
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