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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Theater ‘A kind of ritual’: Jessica Hecht on hosting a theatrical shiva
Hecht plays Sarah Ruhl in 'Letters from Max,' adapted from the playwright’s letters with Max Ritvo, a student who died at 25
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Theater What ever became of the cat in ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’?
The untold and (mostly) happy story of Mouschi, who lived in the secret annex with the Franks and Van Daans on Broadway and throughout America
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Culture ‘She felt so real to me’: Four young actors on how playing Anne Frank changed their lives
In Minnesota, Washington, Massachusetts and North Carolina, one story continues to exert a pull over the people who tell it
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Theater Playing a 1960s beatnik, Oscar Isaac finds out that being Jewish doesn’t make you a social justice authority
Lorraine Hansberry’s ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,’ an overlooked play about idealism and apathy, gets a New York revival
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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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