Mandy Patinkin’s Jewish Dad Energy Is What We Need Right Now
By Lior Zaltzman (Kveller) – In my five-plus years of working in Jewish media, I’ve written about and delighted in many Jewish stars doing Jewish things….
Theatre
Hit musical ‘Cabaret’ coming to Calgary’s Front Row Centre: March 20 – April 4
By Judy Shapiro (Calgary) – Cabaret is one of those award-winning, hit musicals that never gets old. Originally staged in 1966 in New York, followed…
Beth Israel to present World Premiere performance of ‘Girl from Treblinka’
(Edmonton) – Edmonton’s Beth Israel Synagogue is pleased to announce its presentation of a world premiere performance of “Girl from Treblinka,” a play recently written…
Digital lottery ticket announcement for ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ in Edmonton
Edmonton, February 6, 2020 – Described by the Los Angeles Times as a “cultural phenomenon,” Dear Evan Hansen comes to Edmonton’s Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium…
Documentary shows how ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ made it to the stage
by Curt Schleier (JTA) — Instinctively, director-choreographer Jerome Robbins (née Rabinowitz) knew the musical that he was preparing for Broadway was something far greater than…