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Photo Coverage: First Look at the New Israeli Production of AVENUE Q by Ronit Suzan
- March 13, 2018 Next week the new Israeli production of the boundaries breaking musical Avenue Q, funded by a Jumpstarter campaign that was initiated by cast members Orit Lahav, Uri Elkayam and Boaz Nachum, will premiere on March 20 at Rozin Auditorium in Tel Aviv.
BWW Exclusive: ROD, KATE, TREKKIE, NICKY, MRS. THISTLETWAT, of AVENUE Q play a game of Never Have I ever! by Ori Rotem
- March 13, 2018 It had been a long day hanging out with the cast of Avenue Q Israel. After a puppeteering workshop with Uri Elkayam - a special prize offered by the production to some of the supporters of of the production on kikstarter, we were invited to a sneak preview of some of the songs, as well as a fun Q&A with the cast.
BWW Review: VISITING MR. GREEN at Beit Lessin Theatre by Ronit Suzan
- March 10, 2018 For over twenty years the award winning play Visiting Mr. Green has been presented around the world and been receiving great reviews, including in Israel where it won the 2001 Israeli Theatre Awards in the Best Play category. Last week Beit Lessin Theatre premiered its new production of the play, directed by Nathan Datner.
by Ofek Levy
- March 02, 2018
BWW Review: KING UBU at Tmu-na Theater by ofek levy
- February 24, 2018 In Israel, the theater has become an old people's home. Sorry for the honesty.
Young people, it seems, have long ago abandoned the theater. And the reason is clear- they are afraid. King Ubu, wants to bring the young people back to the theater - and he is going to succeed.
Beit Lessin Theatre Presents VISITING MR. GREEN by BWW News Desk
- February 21, 2018 What begins as a forced meeting between a lonely, suspicious Jewish man (Gadi Yagil) and a young man who is doing for him community service (Ido Rozenberg) after he almost ran over him with his car, slowly becomes a surprising destined alliance between two lost souls. This encounter of two opposites is set in the middle of this humane, moving and clever comedy which each production of it became a huge hit.
BWW Review: FROM THE OTHER SIDE at TZAVTA by Ori Rotem
- February 20, 2018 his play, based on Keret's short novella 'Kneller's Happy Campers', tells the story of a community of suicides from the point of view of Haim - a young man who begins the story shortly after he lands in the afterlife.
BWW Review: SKIRT THIS IS KODKOD at Habima Theater by ofek levy
- February 18, 2018 Skirt This Is Kodkod is a show all of us need to see. And when I write all of us, I mean everyone! From boys who are going to join the army, to soldiers, and even old people too.
Radio EPGB Bar Hosts 'New York in Musicals' Lecture by BWW News Desk
- February 17, 2018 As part of its 10th season, 'HaChug', a Tel Aviv project led by Yashiv Cohen, Dana Kessler and Gil Aaronsohn, is hosting an all New York musicals lecture at Radio EPGB bar, in Tel Aviv, and will be presented by siblings Libby and Gil Ran on February 27, at 20:00.
BWW Review: GULLIVER at Hazira Ba-Bait by ofek levy
- February 17, 2018 The play GULLIVER is based on Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels. After sixteen years at sea, Lemuel Gulliver returns home. Isolated in his room, he refuses to meet anyone, and talks only with two horses that he bought on his last trip and brought back with him. He is repulsed by everything and wonders about the fate of the human species.
BWW Review: SEVEN at MYSTORIN by Ori Rotem
- February 16, 2018 A hidden world lies inside the new Central Station building in Tel Aviv - a fantastical world filled with surreal visions to explore and discover.
DON CARLO Comes to The Israeli Opera by BWW News Desk
- February 16, 2018 151 years ago, on the 11th of March 1867, the monumental opera Don Carlo opened in a world premiere in Paris. Now, a new massive production takes the stage of the Israeli Opera house, conducted by Maestro Daniel Oren whose special relationship with Verdi's creations is well known, and directed by the famous and highly experienced director Giancarlo del Monaco who has directed operas in important opera houses around the world, chief among them the New York Met Opera, La Scala Theatre in Milano and the Wiener Staatsoper. Giancarlo del Monaco is also the son of the famous tenor Mario Del Monaco.
Photo Flash: The 28th Haifa International Children's Theater Festival by BWW News Desk
- February 14, 2018 As part of the 70 years for Israel celebrations, during Passover Holiday, on April 1-3, 2018, the 28th Haifa International Children's Theater Festival will take place at Haifa Theatre and various venues throughout Haifa.
BWW Review: FROM JOPLIN TO JOBIM IN 4 HANDS at Hot Jazz Series by Ronit Suzan
- February 13, 2018 From The Charleston to The Great American Sognbook, with Scott Joplin, Marilyn Monroe and even Yidish, the brilliant piano duo Stephanie Trick (USA) and Paolo Alderighi (Italy) performed their arrangements of songs and tunes by all these and many more while performing on a tour around Israel as part of the Hot Jazz Series.
BWW Review: LISELOTTE IN MAY at Habima Theater by ofek levy
- February 13, 2018 There are two actors, with the male actor playing seven roles. A lonely woman in her thirties, Liselotte, realizes that the years are passing by without a partner, and desperately tries to get herself a man by various means. Through no fault of her own, each of her prospective partners dies on the first date.
A New Israeli Production of AVENUE Q will be Presented this March by BWW News Desk
- February 12, 2018 The boundaries breaking musical that took Broadway by storm, in a unique and virtuoso concept of operating the beloved puppets that are inspired by the mythological Sesame Street in a wild, adult only, rendition.
BWW Review: SHLOFTA - IMPROVISATION SHOW at Habima Theater by ofek levy
- February 12, 2018 There is no theater behind them, nor a sponsor backing them - SHLOFTA is truly an independent ensemble cast. That is just part of what makes their creation so fascinating and courageous: full faith in their art.
Kamea Dance Company Performs The Passion of Matthaus 2727 by BWW News Desk
- February 10, 2018 Kamea Dance Company performs choreographer Tamir Ginz's new work to the sounds of J.S Bach's Matthaus Passion at the Suzanne Dellal Center.
Various Dance Schools From Around the Country Perform in a Night Filled With VERTIGO Dance by BWW News Desk
- February 10, 2018 Various dance schools from around the country perform in a night filled with VERTIGO dance. For the past year the students of various dance school around the country have been studying the works of Noa Wertheim - chief choreographer and artistic director of VERTIGO dance company. On the 21st of February the students will be performing Noa's work in the Suzanne Dellal Center. The students will be performing pieces from Wertheim's body of work, including pieces from: Mana, Loom, Birth of the Pheonix, Vertigo 20, White Noise and Rashimo.
NOT A WHITE PAGE Comes to Tmu-na Theatre by BWW News Desk
- February 08, 2018 Ruth Eshel returns to the stage and communicates with her past as a dancer/avant-garde artist and hosts Dege Feder, her partner in her life work with the Ethiopian community in Eskesta and Beta dance groups.
Tmu-na Theatre Presents JOSEPH JOSEPHSON IS DEAD - THE MUSICAL by BWW News Desk
- February 08, 2018 Joseph Josephson Is Dead is a musical comedy about the Josephson family, forced to gather together to do the shiv'ah for their grandfather's death. But the Josephsons are busy with everything except the death of their grandfather, and their anxieties, obsessions, dreams - and even the visit of death - simply cannot stop them.
BALLOONA Chosen for Opening Show For the 28th Haifa International Children's Theatre Festival by BWW News Desk
- February 03, 2018 The 28th Haifa International Children's Theatre Festival will take place on April 1-3, during Passover. The festival, which hosts every year thousands of children and parents and provides a cultural and enriching experience for the whole family, became a quality stamp of approval in the world of children's plays.