A visionary theater maker never thought he’d be ‘Jewish director’ — then the times demanded it
With ‘Our Class,’ virtual theater innovator Igor Golyak takes on the raw topic of antisemitism
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In play after play, artists keep asking the Jewish question to which there is no answer
From 'Diary of Anne Frank' to 'Leopoldstadt,' 'Our Class' and 'Prayer for the French Republic,' a struggle to explain the scourge of antisemitism
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For Christmas, the story of the Jewish-born Christian missionary who translated the New Testament to Yiddish
New Yiddish Rep’s ‘Gospel According to Chaim’ gracefully grapples with a taboo subject
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She’d never played a Jewish character before. Then, a hit play about antisemitism came along.
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A jam-packed history of wartime Yiddish song leaves you wanting both more and less
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In Germany, they were superstars — and then the Nazis came to power
'Harmony,' Barry Manilow's musical about the Comedian Harmonists, is a sometimes-labored labor of love
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How songs of the Jewish ghetto, camps and secret cabarets became a musical
The Folksbiene's ‘Amid Falling Walls’ highlights three generations of one family’s work in Yiddish music
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A polarizing tale of the Lodz Ghetto, retold as horror story and farce
In Leslie Epstein’s ‘King of the Jews,’ a fine ensemble and immersive atmosphere save a problematic play
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How the most influential Jewish play of the 20th century went on to possess the world
For 100 years, 'The Dybbuk' has had the demonic power of mesmerizing and galvanizing audiences
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Once, this play about an underground abortion network was history; now, it’s timelier than ever
Paula Kamen’s ‘Jane: Abortion and the Underground’ looks prescient in the post-Roe v. Wade era
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