First an author, then the producer of such musical hits as Stormy Weather: The Story of Lena Horne, An American in Paris, and soon the international smash An Officer and a Gentleman, which she co-wrote and produced, Sharleen Cooper Cohen has been called a true Jewish Renaissance Woman. Now she's going to tell virtual audiences how she does it all when she visits Sunday Morning with The Braid (formerly Jewish Women's Theatre) on March 14.
Los Angeles conceptual artist Marleene Rubenstein is known for creating a connection between the past and present with roots in Judaism. After showcasing her distinctive and beautiful creations at galleries across the country and in Israel, she will now be sharing her art and stories on Zoom with audiences at The Braid (formerly Jewish Women's Theatre).
The original stories and songs that have been assembled by both new and experienced writers to form The Braid's new salon show Family Matters reveal the complex and complicated relationships that come together to make up the loaded word “family.”
Melanie Chartoff has done it all. Broadway, soap operas, hit TV series, movies, and cartoon voice-overs. Now she's an author, and she will perform and discuss stories from her new book, Odd Woman Out, when she visits Sunday Morning with The Braid (formerly Jewish Women's Theatre) on Valentine's Day.
The Braid (formerly Jewish Women’s Theatre), the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony Chamber Players (LAJSCP), and Temple Isaiah will honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day with the world premiere of Stories From the Violins of Hope.
Santa Monica and Virtually Everywhere (January 4, 2021) Expanding its unique responses to the pandemic, The Braid (formerly Jewish Women’s Theatre) will be showing off its first-ever Zoom Art Talk, during an in-depth interview with renowned Los Angeles artist and USC art professor Ruth Weisberg.
Refusing to let COVID deprive audiences of wonderful theatre, the new salon season of The Braid (formerly Jewish Women's Theatre) will kick off its 13th (bat mitzvah) year with an all-new, powerful, and hilarious Zoom show about the time you “just knew” that life was about to change, for better or maybe for worse.
Best selling author and biographer Michael Posner, author of the just-released Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories, which chronicles the breadth of Cohen's extraordinary life, will share stories at a new Sunday Morning with The Braid Zoom Event on Sunday, December 6, at 11:00am PT/2:00pm ET.
The duo behind the creation of ChaiFlicks, the “Jewish Netflix,” will tell a Zoom audience about their new streaming service at The Braid (formerly Jewish Women's Theatre, JWT) on Sunday, November 22, at 11 am PST, 2 pm EST.
Emmy-nominated TV writer Bess Kalb saved every voicemail her grandmother Bobby Bell ever left her. Then, at ninety, Bobby died. She lives on in Kalb's critically acclaimed debut novel, Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (As Told to Me) Story, where Bobby is speaking to Bess once more, in a voice as passionate as it ever was in life.
The Alliance For Jewish Theatre announces the performance lineup for its 2020 Annual Conference, being held online From Sunday, October 25th through Tuesday, October 27th.
In three weeks it will be time to vote, and women can now cast their ballots because of the hard-fought right that suffragists won for all women one hundred years ago.
When a Jewish girl turns 13, her community joins together at a bat mitzvah to celebrate her coming of age. When Jewish Women's Theatre/The Braid (JWT) turns 13, its community will also gather to celebrate its coming of age and transformation from a small local theatre into a national voice for contemporary Jewish culture.
Santa Monica and virtually everywhere. He travels America, meeting fascinating characters who stop by his a?oePoetry Store,a?? a wobbly street table with a vintage typewriter perched on top. When they do, he asks them a simple question: a?oeWhat do you need a poem about?a??
As the High Holy Days approach, many Jewish souls are already feeling the loss of the uplifting spirituality that normally accompanies in-person synagogue worship each New Year. In response to this void, The Braid/Jewish Women's Theatre is offering a special one-hour Sunday Morning at The Braid Zoom program on a?oeForgivenessa?? on September 20, the second day of Rosh Hashanah.
ChaiFlicks, the world's first dedicated streaming service for Jewish and Israeli-themed film/tv shows, is now available and will feature content from the critically acclaimed collection of stories by The Braid/ Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT) that have entertained audiences for the past 13 years.
Performed virtually by invitation to join the National Womena??s Theatre Festival in North Carolina, 'Inside our Time'presents eight selected stories (from a series of 31) performed by four talented and dedicated actors whose only prop is a notebook containing the story being read. Like all JWT Salon series shows, usually performed in homes around the Westside, the story is the focus, told without scenery, props or costumes. And as presented online, I guarantee you wona??t miss those embellishments since the emotional content of each story is presented with such authenticity that you will find yourself identifying with each character as their stories connect all of us, all the time, thanks to the skill of the incredibly talented cast.
A psychiatrist and a licensed clinical psychologist will join forces to bring truthful, helpful mental health-related COVID advice to audiences at Jewish Women's Theatre's newest special Zoom event.
The lights of the old Yiddish theater have dimmed, but Jewish theater is alive and well in America today. What makes a play Jewish? What are the new Jewish playwrights and directors saying, and to whom are they speaking?
The popular and prestigious Women's Theatre Festival (WTF), based in North Carolina but streaming the world over, will include live performances of eight stories from Inside Our Time: Stories from the Sheltering, Jewish Women's Theatre's (JWT) thoughtful and touching look at what COVID-19 is doing to our lives, our families, our communities, and ourselves.
