Tel Aviv Dance Festival Goes Digital in 2020 by BWW News Desk
- September 10, 2020 This year, like years prior, Tel Aviv Dance Festival was scheduled to take place in August 2020 and feature some of the best artists from Israel and abroad. Despite the global pandemic and the expectation that theaters would open to the public at the end of the summer, the festival is moving to a digital platform.
Photo Flash: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Premieres in Israel A Year Ago Today by BWW News Desk
- August 27, 2020 Today a year ago, Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman's LA CAGE AUX FOLLES had its Middle Eastern premiere in Tel Aviv, produced by The Tramp and starring Oren Habot as George and Roi Dolev as Albin.
Yes Studios Greenlights Historical Family Saga THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF JERUSALEM by BWW News Desk
- August 12, 2020 Yes Studios, the Tel Aviv-based powerhouse producer and distributor behind global hit series including Fauda, Your Honor, Shtisel, 68 WHISKEY and On The Spectrum, is announcing today the launch of its most ambitious series to date titled THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF JERUSALEM.
Gesher Theater Goes Digital, Posting Israeli Plays on Facebook Weekly by BWW News Desk
- August 03, 2020 The Gesher Theater has gone digital amidst the pandemic, uploading some of its best plays to its Facebook page each Thursday. Each play is then available for a week, at which time a special discussion is held with the house playwright and actors.
Suspected Cyber Attack Halts Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's Virtual Gala by BWW News Desk
- July 01, 2020 The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra hosted its virtual Global Gala, hosted by Helen Mirren, on Monday. A suspected cyberattack disrupted the gala, making it impossible to view for most of the 13,000 people who had registered.
Live Theater Begins to Return in Tel Aviv by BWW News Desk
- June 19, 2020 The Arab-Hebrew Theatre of Jaffa's recent performance of a?oeUmm Kulthuma?? is the first Israeli stage show in two months, according to Haaretz.
First Live Theater Event Performed in Israel Since March by BWW News Desk
- May 26, 2020 Haaretz has reported that the first live theater event in Israel since the pandemic shuttered the doors of theaters was performed this past Thursday in Tel Aviv. Jaffa Theatre performed a?oeUmm Kulthuma??.
VIDEO: Israeli Cast of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Performs Wicked Little Town in Hebrew by BWW News Desk
- May 13, 2020 The Israeli premiere of John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH was planned to open May 2020, but has been postponed, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. In response, the cast of the show released a first single, recorded in quarantine.
Artists Demand Creative Solutions to the Culture Crisis by BWW News Desk
- May 13, 2020 The staff of every cultural institution, dressed in black shirts, stood together at noon on empty stages and at auditoriums and museums holding signs imploring the government, 'Don't leave this museum/stage/screen empty.'