Theater
LaGuardia High School’s ‘Sound Of Music’ Scraps Nazi Symbols
“It makes no sense,” a student involved in the production told the Forward. “It’s history, why change it?”
Amy Heckerling Wants To Give Us A Different Singing Cher In ‘Clueless: The Musical’
Amy Heckerling is hoping to stage a comeback with “Clueless: The Musical.”
Folksbiene To Follow ‘Fiddler’ With Premiere Of Opera About The Rise Of The Nazis
Composer Ted Rosenthal is poised to give new voice to the tormented years his father spent praying for his family from afar.
Aaron Sorkin Doesn’t Seem To Know Why His ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Should Exist Either
Sorkin seems to be pre-apologizing for the play before it even opens. It’s not a good sign.
Coffee Scholar: Whatever You’re Spending On Coffee, It’s A Steal
Longtime coffee experts make the case that even instant coffee can be acceptable.
Ricky Jay Performs His Final Vanishing Act
Magician, actor, author and bibliophile Ricky Jay has died at the age of 72.
Check Out The New Song From ‘Hamilton’ With Music By John Kander
Part of #HamilDrop, this new song’s a bit of a bop.
Steven Berkoff Is Writing A Harvey Weinstein Play — And He Wants To Star
“I like evil people,” Berkoff said in a profile for The Guardian. “I’m like a surgeon who is happiest when working with a very diseased body.”
‘Heil Hitler!’ He Yelled During ‘Fiddler.’ The Audience Feared For Their Lives.
“The first thing that went through my mind was if this is a shooting, I’m sitting in the back of the theater.”
Yiddish Fiddler Will Move Off-Broadway In February
It’s next year in Midtown for the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbeine’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof.”
In Russia, A Jewish Director’s Trial Marks A New Threat To Freedom
“His arrest is being used to send a message that [anyone] engaged in artistic expression contrary to the Putin ideology could be next in line.”
