A wedding clashes with a funeral. Should we make merry with the newlyweds, or pay respects to the dead? Israeli master playwright Hanoch Levin details the story of a family determined to throw a daughter’s wedding despite a funeral set on the same date.
In which kibbutz did they throw chairs at the players and Hanoch Levin at the end of the show? How did the audience react after the first play of 'Bath Queen'? What game did Hazki and Hanoch Levin play at the beach?
Middle-aged bachelor Lajcek is beholden to his mother’s final wish that all members of her family attend her funeral. Yet the funeral clashes with his cousin’s wedding, resulting in his aunt and her family doing everything they can to avoid the others: climbing up on their roof, dashing across a beach, even climbing the Himalayas to escape from Lajcek’s hot pursuit.
The Alliance For Jewish Theatre has announced its 2020 Conference, along with a detailed plan of events.
The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre announced on 18th May the 2020-21 theatre season. Under the theme 'Discovering Theatre: A Joyful Journey', the new season includes quite a few comedies, hoping that audiences can garner wisdom and insight through laughter.
New Yiddish Rep's Yiddish-language production of 'The Labor of Life' by the late Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin, which is playing through January 26 at the Rep's Rose and Cyrus Feldman Studio Theater, 315 W. 39 Street (9 fl.), will be presented in Montreal February 16 for two performances at La Vitrola, 4602 Boul St-Laurent, Montréal, QC H2T 1R3, Canada. The theater, which seats 150, is expected to draw from the Montreal Jewish community and Yiddish-speakers including the KlezKanada crowd and Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theater crowd. It will be a production of New Yiddish Rep in association with Art Against Humanity and Bardak Productions. Translator is Eli Rosen and director is Gera Sandler. The piece will be performed with projected English supertitles.
New Yiddish Rep will present 'The Whore from Ohio' by Hanoch Levin, Israel's foremost playwright, at Theater for the New City February 9 to 23, performed in Yiddish with projected surtitles. This black comedy, which deals memorably with ultimate questions of fantasy, lust and mortality, is one Levin's most famous plays. It is translated into Yiddish from the original Hebrew by Eli Rosen. Gara Sandler directs.
New Yiddish Rep will present 'The Whore from Ohio' by Hanoch Levin, Israel's foremost playwright, at Theater for the New City February 19 to 23, performed in Yiddish with projected surtitles. This black comedy, which deals memorably with ultimate questions of fantasy, lust and mortality, is one Levin's most famous plays. It is translated into Yiddish from the original Hebrew by Eli Rosen. Gara Sandler directs.
From January 17 to 26, 2020, New Yiddish Rep will present a Yiddish language version of 'The Labor of Life' by Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin, translated by Eli Rosen, directed by Gera Sandler, at New Yiddish Rep's Cyrus and Rose Feldman Studio Theater, 315 W. 39 Street, 9th floor. This comedy, originally written in Hebrew, will be performed in Yiddish with projected English surtitles. It is a funny and very sad play of the missed opportunities, compromises and disillusionments demanded by the 'labor of life.' Originally presented at Israel's HaBima in June, 1989, it stands out among contemporary writings for its sardonic resonance to Israelis and Jews worldwide.
In May 2019, Taiwan became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. Join us for an evening with Taiwanese playwrights Chao Chi-Yun (e??a??e??), Lin Meng-Huan (ae?-a??a??), and Liu Chien-Kuo (a??a??a?-) who have created new works embracing the achievements and struggles of this historic moment. This evening will feature three staged readings performed by a stellar cast of New York-based actors and directed by Michael Leibenluft of Gung Ho Projects. The readings will be followed by a discussion with the playwrights, curators, director, and translator Jeremy Tiang, moderated by Linnea Valdivia, Literary Manager for the National Queer Theater.
On Sunday, September 22nd the Israel Artists Project (IAP) celebrated the start of their 2019-2020 cultural season with an unforgettable night of Israeli Music, Theater and Art.
BroadwayWorld's local experts put together a list of some of the top venues to check out when visiting Israel - including Haifa, Tel Aviv, and more!
Internationally renowned, multiple award winning performer, Yael Rasooly, brings her critically lauded show, 'Glamour in the Dark,' back to NYC for one more performance at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Feb. 2nd at 1pm. For tickets, visit: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/988597
Internationally renowned, multiple award winning performer, Yael Rasooly, brings her critically lauded show, 'Glamour in the Dark,' back to NYC for one more performance at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Feb. 2nd at 1pm. For tickets, visit: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/988597
Internationally renowned, multiple award winning performer, Yael Rasooly brings her critically lauded show, "Glamour in the Dark," back to NYC for three performances at the Laurie Beechman Theatre: Jan. 9th and Jan. 13th at 7pm and Feb. 2nd at 1pm. Yael, one of Israel's leading theater artists, will perform a repertoire of music from the 1920s to 1950s with celebrated accordionist, Iliya Magalnyk, bringing to life dramatic, romantic and nostalgic music from composers Charles Dumont, Edith Piaf, Sholom Secunda and more. The Laurie Beechman Theatre is at 407 West 42nd Street in the rear and downstairs at the West Bank Cafe. A $15 cover charge and $20 food and drink minimum per person applies.
Internationally renowned, multiple award winning performer, Yael Rasooly brings her critically lauded show, "Glamour in the Dark," back to NYC for three performances at the Laurie Beechman Theatre: Jan. 9th and Jan. 13th at 7pm and Feb. 2nd at 1pm. Yael, one of Israel's leading theater artists, will perform a repertoire of music from the 1920s to 1950s with celebrated accordionist, Iliya Magalnyk, bringing to life dramatic, romantic and nostalgic music from composers Charles Dumont, Edith Piaf, Sholom Secunda and more. The Laurie Beechman Theatre is at 407 West 42nd Street in the rear and downstairs at the West Bank Cafe. A $15 cover charge and $20 food and drink minimum per person applies.
Eli Rosen has stepped into the role of Vladimir in the New Yiddish Rep, in association with The Theater at the 14th Street Y, production of Waiting for Godot in Yiddish (Vartn Af Godot), translated by Shane Baker, and directed by Ronit Muszkatblit. Rosen replaces previously announced Rafael Goldwaser, who has departed the company due to unforeseen circumstances unrelated to the production.
Internationally renowned, multiple award winning performer, Yael Rasooly brings her critically lauded show, "Glamour in the Dark," back to NYC for three performances at the Laurie Beechman Theatre: Jan. 9th and Jan. 13th at 7pm and Feb. 2nd at 2pm. Yael, one of Israel's leading theater artists, will perform a repertoire of music from the 1920s to 1950s with celebrated accordionist, Iliya Magalnyk, bringing to life dramatic, romantic and nostalgic music from composers Charles Dumont, Edith Piaf and Sholom Secunda and more. The Laurie Beechman Theatre is at 407 West 42nd Street in the rear and downstairs at the West Bank Cafe. A $15 cover charge and $20 food and drink minimum per person applies. For tickets, visit: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/988597
ANTS, a Performance Art, Multi-Media production written, choreographed & performed by Ofra Levi Yehudai, comes to the New York International Fringe Festival - Fringe NYC, from Israel. The soundtrack includes lyrics by Hanoch Levin.
New Yiddish Rep (NYR) is pleased to announce an exhilirating line-up for the 2018-2019 season: "A Season of Resistance". The excitement begins in the Garment District at NYR's new Kamer Theater with The Whore From Ohio (Di Zoyne Fun Ohayo) (Oct 6, 2018) and makes its way to the East Village at The Theater at the 14th Street Y with the much anticipated return of Waiting for Godot in Yiddish (Dec 21, 2018 - Jan 27, 2019) as part of The 14th Street Y's Season of "War and Peace".
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