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A polarizing tale of the Lodz Ghetto, retold as horror story and farce
In Leslie Epstein’s ‘King of the Jews,’ a fine ensemble and immersive atmosphere save a problematic play
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Once, this play about an underground abortion network was history; now, it’s timelier than ever
Paula Kamen’s ‘Jane: Abortion and the Underground’ looks prescient in the post-Roe v. Wade era
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In stories told through puppets, haunting tales of generational trauma
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So, how did this 74-year-old Jewish guy with the goofy glasses wind up writing a Dolly Parton musical?
Bruce Vilanch is 1 of 3 writers on 'Here You Come Again'
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Meet the queer Jewish theater nerd who just won the national Jewish Playwriting Contest
Alexa Derman's edgy new script breaks norms for Jewish theater
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One of our great magicians thinks he knows why there are so many Jews in his field
Asi Wind follows in the tradition of Harry Houdini, David Copperfield and David Blaine
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Film & TV Elie Wiesel reviewed ‘Oppenheimer’ — and it made him shudder
In 1969 the author of ‘Night’ was shaken by a play about the father of the atom bomb
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‘Fiddler on the Roof’ lyricist Sheldon Harnick dies at 99
Harnick put words to Jewish life — past and present
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Young Jews grapple with how to remember what some Holocaust survivors would rather forget
A new play explores the tension between a mandate to 'never forget' and the impossibility of remembering
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In ‘The Doctor,’ a thought experiment about antisemitism goes awry
A Jewish doctor sets off a scandal of identity politics in this new play at the Park Avenue Armory
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