Theater

Tzavta Theater to celebrate 70 years with Freedom to Create festival

Supported by top organizations, the event features diverse cultural programming, culminating in a star-studded gala on September 8 featuring prominent Israeli artists, comedians, and performers.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Daily life in Tel Aviv. July 08, 2026.
In "Birthright," on stage at the MCC Theater in New York, friends reconnect over the years and confront their differences over Israel and Jewishness.

What a new play gets right about ‘Birthright’ and our anguished Jewish conversation - opinion

Jonathan Spector’s “Birthright,” now at MCC Theater, uses the free Israel trip as the starting point for decades of wrestling with Israel, Judaism and friendship.

|ByTORI GREENE/JTA
Video still from "Toy Story 5."

‘To infinity and beyond!' Watching ‘Toy Story 5’ with my son on the spectrum - comment

The villains in the early movies – Sid in "Toy Story 1" and the Prospector and Al in "Toy Story 2" – were wonderfully awful, and Danny always knew who the bad guys were.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Actor Gabi Lev: Fresh take.

'Shards of Laughter': Giving people permission to laugh through painful topics

The play’s arc takes us from 1924 Munkács, a Czechoslovak town with deep Hungarian roots, through the Holocaust years and to present-day Australia.

|ByYAEL UNTERMAN

Int'l dance company arrives in Israel, proving Hora can be a state of mind

Igal Perry and New York’s Peridance Contemporary Dance Company arrive in Israel with a program spanning styles – and one deeply personal hora.

JUNE 27, 2026ByNERIA BARR
PERIDANCE OPERATES as a platform for multiple artistic languages.

Jerusalem highlights: June 26-July 2

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

JUNE 26, 2026ByHAGAY HACOHEN
‘New World, Take 2’ (see Tuesday).

A play called ‘The Zionists’ turns the post-Oct. 7 discourse into a dysfunctional family drama 

The new play is set to run through July 3 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and follows a family on vacation as they navigate their conflicting views on Israel in the post-Oct. 7 world.

JUNE 24, 2026ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
In “The Zionists, A Family Storm,” a Jewish clan’s vacation is torn apart by tensions over Israel and Palestine.

New comedy-drama Jacob’s Stepladder to premiere at Jerusalem’s Khan Theater

The play tracks a Jewish single father over 20 years as he raises his daughter alone, putting a comedy-drama spin on themes of identity and religion.

JUNE 14, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN
Playwright Art Feinglass ahead of the premiere of his new play, Jacob's Stepladder

John Lithgow wins Tony Award for portraying Roald Dahl in ‘Giant,’ about author's antisemitism

“Who knows where antisemitism or any bigotry comes from. In playing the role, I just looked for the damage,” Lithgow said during a March appearance on a New Yorker podcast.

JUNE 8, 2026ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
John Lithgow stars as Roald Dahl in "Giant." Mark Rosenblatt's play moved to Broadway after a successful run on London's West End.

Jerusalem highlights: May 22-28

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

MAY 22, 2026ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Sigmund Freud (see Saturday).

'Too Jewish?' Why Jewish stories still make some audiences uncomfortable

Why Jewish stories still provoke discomfort – and why that discomfort matters

MAY 12, 2026ByRYAN CRAIG
The Rosenbergs, a middle-class Jewish family from Edgware, played by Nicholas Woodeson as the father, David Rosenberg, and Tracy-Ann Oberman as mother, Lesley Rosenberg, in Ryan Craig’s play, staged recently in a London theater.

Jerusalem highlights: May 1-7

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

MAY 1, 2026ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Maya Bloch painting

'The Devil Wears Prada 2’ reunites cast but lacks original bite - review

The big question on the minds of fans of the original film, released 20 years ago and today a cult classic, is how the sequel measures up.

MAY 1, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN
MERYL STREEP and Anne Hathaway in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2.’

‘Leave One Day’: Low-key musical about French chef - review

"Leave One Day," the feature film directorial debut of Amelie Bonnin, includes characters who express their thoughts in a nice, low-key way.

APRIL 27, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN
Amelie Bonnin and Juliette Armanet attend the "Partir Un Jour" (Leave One Day) photocall at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 14, 2025 in Cannes, France.