Just in time for Hanukkah, an irreverent Jewish adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’ debuts on stage The creators of “A Hanukkah Carol, or GELT TRIP! The Musical” describe their musical as “Dickens meets ‘Fiddler’ meets Mel Brooks.”
‘The Gett,’ a play about Jewish divorce, stems from an unlikely marriage between a Brooklyn synagogue and a theater company To connect with ‘cultural Jews,’ Park Slope’s Congregation Beth Elohim partners with the Rattlestick Theater on a new production.
Is it safe? ‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ a new play, explores modern French Jews’ unease about antisemitism “Prayers for the French Republic,” from the author of “Bad Jews,” follows multiple generations of a French Jewish family.
Culture A 30-year-old play about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is restaged for 2021 — but its Palestinian collaborators are no longer involved
Ideas This deadly tragedy at a Yiddish performance is the reason it’s illegal to yell ‘fire!’ in a crowded theater
Culture ‘It’s a call to action’: A Yiddish theater company puts on a Sinclair Lewis play that imagines US falling into authoritarianism