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Tag: Off Broadway

0 Television/Film Culture

Leah Forster’s new off-Broadway show is anything but Orthodox

Samuel Eli Shepherd in Forward · 5 Dec

Leah Forster, once a closeted Haredi teacher, is now a viral sensation and performer with her one-woman show, "That's Yentatainment," currently off-Broadway.

0 Television/Film Culture

Three plays about demons and saints is opening off-Broadway

Forverts Staff in Forward · 4 Dec

"Basheviss Demons" is an off-Broadway production featuring three short plays inspired by the stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, a Nobel laureate.

0 Television/Film Antisemitism

A new ‘Merchant of Venice’ production challenges anti-Jewish tropes by doubling down on them

Joseph Strauss in JTA · 21 Nov

A new off-Broadway production of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" at the Classic Stage Company in New York City creatively tackles antisemitism by exaggerating the anti-Jewish tropes it portrays.

0 Art Communities

'It's my family play.' David Adjmi on Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin and moving 'Stereophonic' to Broadway

PJ Grisar in Forward · 2 Apr

David Adjmi discusses his play "Stereophonic," inspired by 1970s bands like Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin, now moving to Broadway.

0 Culture History

Rootless Cosmopolitans: Ep. 314

Unorthodox · 21 Apr 2022

This episode of Unorthodox features interviews with Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman about their musical Harmony, as well as Professor Andy Markovits discussing his memoir on embracing rootlessness.

0 Culture Television/Film

Cohen Chronicles: Ep. 175

Unorthodox · 28 Mar 2019

This episode of Unorthodox delves into the world of off-Broadway theater with guests David Rossmer and Steve Rosen discussing their play, 'The Other Josh Cohen', and explores cultural commentary with guest Drew Magary discussing his controversial bagel columns.

0 Language

If I Were a Fiddler: Ep. 145

Unorthodox · 2 Aug 2018

In episode 145 of "If I Were a Fiddler," the focus is on the Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof, titled Fidler afn Dakh.