Theater

Jerusalem highlights: October 23-29

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

‘Macbeth’ (see Sunday).
‘SHEEP IN THE BOX’ is about how a couple, grieving the loss of their young son who was killed in an accident two years before, decide to adopt an AI robot programmed to mimic their child.

'Sheep in the Box': A pointless, sweet story of grief, robots - review

ELIZABETH HOLMES in ‘You Can See Everything,’ directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.

Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything’ coming to Israel

Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theatre.

Israeli Choreographer Shahar Binyamini and Gesher Theatre to feature in Baku


‘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.

Video still from "Toy Story 5."

'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.

Actor Gabi Lev: Fresh take.

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.

PERIDANCE OPERATES as a platform for multiple artistic languages.

Jerusalem highlights: June 26-July 2

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

‘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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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?

Maya Bloch painting