This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish theater, the performing art done everywhere from small indie venues to Broadway, in Yiddish, English, and other languages.
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Looking Forward Where Anne Frank met Marilyn Monroe & Elvis — in our new podcast
In Playing Anne Frank , Adam Langer shows the many reverberations of Anne Frank's story in history and culture
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Books In this new play, all unhappy (Jewish) families are alike — and some look suspiciously familiar
Literary gossip! Emotional affairs! Katie Holmes! 'The Wanderers,' Anna Ziegler's off-Broadway play about marriage and fidelity, has it all.
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Theater For a Broadway star, another memorable Jewish character — miles away from Tevye
Danny Burstein stars opposite Nathan Lane and Zoe Wanamaker in 'Pictures From Home'
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Theater For a Jewish family in Ukraine, a wrenching choice between Israel and the U.S.
In Stephanie Satie's 'Last Parade,' a domestic argument reflects global conflicts
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Culture Sophie Zucker is ready to suck face
The comedian talks to the Forward about her uncensored one-woman musical, making fun of Manhattan and being extremely Jewish onstage
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Theater How the premiere of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ was different from any other Broadway opening
When the cast heard the audience's reaction, at first they wondered if they'd done something wrong
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Theater Two very different Jewish couples confront a very similar sense of dissatisfaction
Anna Ziegler's 'The Wanderers' arrives off-Broadway, starring Katie Holmes
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Theater In savaging the Israeli military, has a legendary puppet theater finally gone too far?
For even some longtime supporters, the politics at Bread and Puppet Theater have gotten too strident
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