theater

In a one-‘clown’ Off Broadway show, an actor takes the stigma out of mental illness

In “Clowns Like Me,” Scott Ehrenrpreis uses humor and vulnerability tin sharing how it feels to be neurodivergent.

Ideas

In ‘Here There Are Blueberries,’ playwrights Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich focus on the perpetrators of the Holocaust

Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich call their new play a “detective story” about the discovery of a previously unknown album of photos from Auschwitz.

Jewish actors Bebe Neuwirth and Steven Skybell to join ‘Cabaret’ revival on Broadway

The Broadway veterans will play Herr Schultz and Fräulein Schneider, a Jewish fruit vendor and German landlady who fall in love during the Nazis’ rise to power.

New York

This Jewish actor plays Richard Dreyfuss in Broadway’s ‘The Shark Is Broken’

New York

A new Jewish play imagines a New York where everyone gets along

New York

How bathroom graffiti inspired this Jewish comedian and singer

Culture

A family-friendly Jewish play explores themes of forgiveness with puppets, music and more

New York

A ‘Passover sweater’ made this Holocaust survivor a sensation. Now, a new play makes Helena Weinrauch’s story come alive.

New York

Rachel Bloom’s one-woman musical comedy to open off-Broadway this fall

Alan Palmer wrote and stars in "Chanteuse: A Survival Musical." (Russ Rowland)

New York

A new musical spotlights the Nazi persecution of LGBTQ+ people

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