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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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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Opinion A Jewish comedian’s new special is about his partner’s death from COVID. It’s hilarious
'Sugar Daddy', the latest from Sam Morrison, is a raucous, raunchy and deeply moving portrayal of grief, sex and love
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Culture How a would-be revolution led to an exodus of Polish Jews
History cuts a love story short in a film about the student uprisings that rocked Poland in 1968
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Culture Why the decision to shut down a Jewish play in Florida borders on obscenity
The censorship of Paula Vogel's 'Indecent' in Jacksonville is a new and troubling development in the so-called culture wars
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Theater Michael Feingold was a critic with the rarest of qualities — charity, sensitivity and a gift for playwriting
The onetime critic for the Village Voice will be remembered for a half-century of service to the theater
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