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In a one-‘clown’ Off Broadway show, an actor takes the stigma out of mental illness

In “Clowns Like Me,” Scott Ehrenrpreis uses humor and vulnerability tin sharing how it feels to be neurodivergent.

By Chava Pearl Lansky July 11, 2024 10:00 am

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In ‘Here There Are Blueberries,’ playwrights Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich focus on the perpetrators of the Holocaust

Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich call their new play a “detective story” about the discovery of a previously unknown album of photos from Auschwitz.

May 19, 2024 7:50 am

Jewish actors Bebe Neuwirth and Steven Skybell to join ‘Cabaret’ revival on Broadway

The Broadway veterans will play Herr Schultz and Fräulein Schneider, a Jewish fruit vendor and German landlady who fall in love during the Nazis’ rise to power.

November 9, 2023 9:37 pm

This Jewish actor plays Richard Dreyfuss in Broadway’s ‘The Shark Is Broken’

By Chava Pearl Lansky October 25, 2023 2:22 pm

A new Jewish play imagines a New York where everyone gets along

By Amelia Merrill October 11, 2023 3:27 pm

How bathroom graffiti inspired this Jewish comedian and singer

By Mikhal Weiner September 13, 2023 5:31 pm

A family-friendly Jewish play explores themes of forgiveness with puppets, music and more

By Mikhal Weiner September 8, 2023 11:24 am

A ‘Passover sweater’ made this Holocaust survivor a sensation. Now, a new play makes Helena Weinrauch’s story come alive.

By Mikhal Weiner August 24, 2023 12:31 pm

Rachel Bloom’s one-woman musical comedy to open off-Broadway this fall

By Lisa Keys July 25, 2023 2:45 pm

Alan Palmer wrote and stars in "Chanteuse: A Survival Musical." (Russ Rowland)

A new musical spotlights the Nazi persecution of LGBTQ+ people

By Mikhal Weiner July 17, 2023 4:32 pm

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