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Jenna Pastuszek and Joshua Zecher-Ross will debut GET HAPPY!: A Tribute to the World's Greatest Entertainer, Judy Garland, at The Green Room 42 in NYC. It's been 83 years since the world first heard Judy Garland sing about a place 'somewhere over the rainbow,' and her star power is just as potent as it was then.
The Dirksen Congressional Center has commissioned a new work from native Illinois playwright Wade Dooley concerning Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen; his life; and his legacy as one of the most unique and impactful figures in modern political history.
As war tears through the lives of the Ukrainian people, three organizations have teamed up with local talent as well as national and international stars to present 'Ukraine Now! A South Florida Benefit for Solidarity' on Tuesday, March 22 at 7:30pm at Zinman Hall, 9901 Donna Klein Boulevard, Boca Raton, FL, 33428.
THERESE LEE makes her New York debut with her new show, RIDING THE BUS TO THE RED CARPET. In it, she recalls her days in Los Angeles as an entertainment reporter too broke to own a car, and shares what her interactions with some of Hollywood's biggest stars during that time did to change her life forever.
The show is a musical answer to the question, “Can two women of a certain age do a show together without driving each other crazy?” The ammunition is an eclectic song list from yesterday and today, from Kander and Ebb to Carole King, Stephen Sondheim to Billy Stritch, and from Tom Lehrer and Garth Brooks to Cy Coleman and David Zippel.
In Monday night’s “A Collective Cy,” singer Jeff Harnar performed a celebration of the Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning songwriter Cy Coleman on the Birdland stage.
Tovah Feldshuh and Lynne Meadow will be honored as 'Makers of Memories' by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts this Thursday, January 27th. Daryl Roth is making introductory remarks, and Arnold Mittelman, President of the National Jewish Theater Foundation, is hosting.
As we head towards the end of the year and look forward to a new one, it’s the perfect time to celebrate the great theatre that was made by San Diego theatres and artists. From virtual to in-person, theatre proved that art finds a way, and even a pandemic can’t keep them down.
This is the last chance to vote for the 2021 BroadwayWorld San Diego Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
This is the last chance to vote for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Long Island Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Becoming Dr. Ruth, starring Tovah Feldshuh and written by Mark St. Germain, enjoyed a successful evening for its Off-Broadway opening night at Edmond J. Safra Hall at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York on Thursday, December 16.
Time is running out to vote for for the 2021 BroadwayWorld San Diego Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Time is running out to vote for for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Long Island Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Dr. Ruth and her incredible life are at the center of Mark St. Germain's play Becoming Dr. Ruth, which opens tonight at The Museum of Jewish Heritage. BroadwayWorld spoke with Dr. Ruth about how it feels to watch her story be told on stage, her personal history and where her zest for life comes from, her advice to people today, and much more.
Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld San Diego Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.
Cabaret artist and Jewish activist Ari Axelrod lends his expertise in two areas to Broadway World Cabaret in a special holiday series of reviews by guest writers.
Six-time Tony- and Emmy-nominated Tovah Feldshuh's remarkable resume reads like a who's who of history's most iconic Jewish women- Golda Meir, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and now Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Tovah is now bringing her tour-de-force performance as the famed sex therapist in Mark St. Germain's 'Becoming Dr. Ruth' Off-Broadway.
Due to the popularity of two performances followed by onstage talkbacks with Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Tovah Feldshuh on December 4 and December 8, the Museum has added two more post-show talkbacks after 7:00 PM performances on December 15 and December 22.
Gideon Taylor, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced that the annual International Holocaust Survivors Night (IHSN) will be held globally – and virtually – on the third night of Chanukah, on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
From Sunday, October 24th through Tuesday, October 26th, the Alliance For Jewish Theatre held its annual conference completely online. It was the second consecutive year that AJT's annual conference has gone virtual.
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