Theater

Peter Pan takes flight in Tel Aviv with dazzling cast, costumes, and Neverland magic - review

This particular adaptation of J. M. Barrie's classic story initially premiered in 1988, with the titular character having been played by Hanoch Rosen, who now takes the director's chair.

Peter, Wendy, Michael, and John take off for Neverland in the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center's production of Peter Pan.
EVEN IN rehearsals, the trauma remains close to the surface.

Sderot Women’s Theater premieres dark October 7 comedy play ‘Laughing on the Border’

Cats are famously well-groomed, and Tziporanayim is just the place.

Jerusalemite of the Week: Candice Nemoff showcases her artistic soul - interview

Night Work (see Saturday).

Jerusalem highlights: August 14-20


Jerusalem highlights: April 10 – April 16

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

Bitul Torah playing cards (see Friday)

Movie theaters reopening across the country, just in time for Passover vacation - review

The theaters are operating  with the approval of the Home Front Command, which mandates that there must be protection nearby for everyone.

RYAN GOSLING in Project Hail Mary.

‘Maigret and the Dead Lover’: Bringing French detective back to big screen - review

For those who enjoyed the books, the movie will bring them back to the atmosphere of the police headquarters on the Quai des Orfevres. 

DENIS PODALYDÈS plays author Georges Simenon’s distinguished inspector Maigret in ‘Maigret and the Dead Lover’

From ‘Hairspray’ to ‘South Park,’ composer Marc Shaiman tells a story shaped by Jewish humor

In his new memoir “Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner,” Marc Shaiman reflects on a life shaped by chutzpah, fate, disappointment

Shaiman writes about the bitter and the sweet of a long, successful career with setbacks that still sting.

Jerusalem highlights: February 6-12

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

Ido Nahmias and Shirel Azizian in A Doll’s House SOURCE Itai Salhov.

All women production retells David’s journey from shame to servant king

An all-women musical brings King David’s epic journey from outcast to servant king to life on stage in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh.

Goliath is dead!

Fulcro Theatre looks for happiness in Hanoch Levin’s ‘Suitcase Packers’

Suitcase Packers is the flagship show of the Fulcro Theatre group and its first full show in Hebrew since the company made its move to Israel from St. Petersburg in 2022.

MICHAL WEINBERG and Boris Repetur in ‘Suitcase Packers.’

'The Accomplices': Restaging history of efforts to save European Jews from the Holocaust

Inside the creative process of a play that forces us to reflect on what happens when the world looks away – from the 1940s to today.

Lior Berlin as Peter Bergson, who fought to rescue Europe’s Jews from the Nazis, in The Accomplices.

Tom Stoppard, acclaimed playwright of ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,’ dies at 87

Tom Stoppard, the playwright who fused wit, philosophy, and emotional depth in works from Arcadia to Leopoldstadt, has died at 87, ending an extraordinary chapter in modern theater.

Tom Stoppard poses with the award for Best Play for “Leopoldstadt” at the 76th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, US, June 11, 2023.

AI, artists, scholars revive 17th-century French playwright Moliere with new play

"What we thought was, let's try to recreate a bit of Moliere's creative process using the current state of AI," said Hugo Caselles-Dupre, a researcher in using AI for artistic creation.

AI ilustrative image.