Why Nick Jonas should not sing ‘Shiksa Goddess,’ the outdated song from ‘The Last Five Years’
The song — and the term ‘shiksa’ — is offensive to Jewish and non-Jewish women alike
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How Anne Frank inspired a musical about Mexican-American immigrants
‘Real Women Have Curves’ mirrors the histories of both Mexican and Jewish women, playwright Josefina López says.
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William Finn, Tony-winning writer of queer, Jewish musicals dies at 73
The ‘Falsettos’ scribe drew from his own background and even health crises
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The ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ revival has us wondering — where are all the Jewish Shelley Levenes?
Bob Odenkirk plays the Jewish character in David Mamet’s drama on Broadway
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‘Operation Mincemeat’ is a musical farce about fooling Hitler — with nothing much to say about Nazis
The delightful musical erases its main character’s Jewishness, and much of his true motivation
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Abby Stein shows us the Hasidic Williamsburg she left behind
Stein’s memoir about growing up transgender in the Hasidic community, 'Becoming Eve,' is being adapted into a new play
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She was a teenage runaway, German rock star and Berlin leading lady — now she’s playing Leonard Bernstein
Helen Schneider will embody the maestro in the Off-Broadway play ‘Last Call’
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A ‘dreadfully Jewish’ new play tells the story of a Grindr hookup gone awry
'As Time Goes By' explores modern gay male loneliness with humor, but is scant on Jewish themes
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Jonathan Larson died before becoming a Broadway legend. This Jewish ‘RENT’-head feels obliged to continue the work.
‘The Jonathan Larson Project,’ a new revue conceived by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, features Larson’s unpublished songs.
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In Idina Menzel’s new Broadway musical, a show tune about Tikkun Olam soars high
In 'Redwood,' a headstrong tree-climber uses Jewish wisdom to inspire and console
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Tovah Feldshuh shares marriage advice — as she prepares for a play about divorce
Feldshuh plays an unhappy, Hasidic bride-to-be in 'My First Ex-Husband.' In real life, the Broadway legend's marriage has been going strong for 48 years and counting.
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