Theater

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.

|ByPHILISSA 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.
Sigmund Freud (see Saturday).

Jerusalem highlights: May 22-28

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

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN
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.

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

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

|ByRYAN CRAIG
Maya Bloch painting

Jerusalem highlights: May 1-7

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

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Samaria Theater: A look at West Bank's first repertory theater's debut performance

Artistic director Nathan Ravitz wants to reach all sorts of audiences, secular and religious, and make the theater accessible to those who can’t travel to big cities due to traffic or security.

APRIL 5, 2025ByBASIA MONKA
A SCENE from 'Journeys of Redemption.'

‘Horse with No Name’ is a movie with no plot

A new film, 'Horse with No Name' by Asaf Asulin, opens in theaters around Israel on Thursday.

APRIL 3, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
Asaf Asulin and Yasmin Ayun in ‘Horse With No Name.’

Postponed by war, Acre Fringe Festival to highlight resilience and art

Israel’s Acre Fringe Festival is back this April with bold, thought-provoking performances.

MARCH 25, 2025ByNERIA BARR
‘EVERYTHING REMAINS Alive’ offers a poignant and touching exploration of post-traumatic stress disorder through the eyes of a loving wife.

'Oklahoma!' shines in Israel: LOGON’s latest musical triumph

Theater review: Light Opera Group of the Negev Netanya Community Center

MARCH 23, 2025ByGLORIA DEUTSCH
THE LOGON presentation of ‘Oklahoma.’

Donald Trump reportedly expressed affection for ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at Kennedy Center meeting

Trump has not previously been reported to be a Fiddler fan, but the musical has intersected with him before.

MARCH 21, 2025ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) attend a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 24, 2025.

Miami Beach mayor moves to evict theater operator for showing Oscar-winning ‘No Other Land’

“No Other Land” premiered last Friday at O Cinema, which operates out of the Miami Beach Historic City Hall.

MARCH 15, 2025ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for "No Other Land" in the Oscars photo room at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025

119-year-old message in a bottle discovered during renovation of King's Theatre in Edinburgh

Message from 1906 listed names of those who built the theatre, including prominent builder W S Cruickshank.

MARCH 11, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dean Village view from Bell’s Brae Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland.

'A Picasso': A window onto a less familiar corner of World War II history - review

Set in 1941 Paris, the play portrays a fictional encounter between legendary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso and a certain Fräulein Fischer.

MARCH 9, 2025ByYAEL UNTERMAN
'A Picasso' performed by the Bad Bard Players.

Jerusalem highlights: March 7-13

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

MARCH 7, 2025ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Martha Argerich

Seleucid Empire’s Laodicea's 15,000-seat ancient theater revived

Originally built in the 2nd century BCE, it was destroyed by an earthquake in the 3rd century CE and subsequently rebuilt.

MARCH 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Seleucid Empire’s Laodicea's 15,000-seat ancient theater revived.