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      Nancy Fox will perform at the JCC of San Francisco on June 30.

      Music

      Cancer survivor, 82, to bring joy in patriotic piano concert

      Nancy Fox can’t wait to return to the JCC of San Francisco for her first performance there since the pandemic began. The pianist-storyteller will be…
      By Liz Harris Jun 13, 2022
      Billy Crystal performing a "Yiddish scat" routine during the 75th annual Tony Awards, June 12, 2022. (Screenshot)

      Theater

      Billy Crystal’s ‘Yiddish scat’ and other Jewish moments at the Tonys

      “Ella Fitzgerald, wherever you are, I apologize in advance.” Billy Crystal gave this year’s Tonys a jolt of Jewish shtick when he coaxed the audience into…
      By Andrew Lapin, JTA Jun 13, 2022
      Leo Ash Evens, center in tallit, plays Jewish immigrant Tateh and Sydney Walker Freeman, on his right, plays his daughter in a TheatreWorks Silicon Valley production of “Ragtime.” (Photo/Kevin Berne)

      Theater

      ‘Ragtime’ in Mountain View puts spotlight on Jewish characters, actors

      Early in the musical “Ragtime,” actors playing Jewish, Italian and Haitian immigrants sing “A Shtetl Iz Amereke” upon arriving at Ellis Island. As the…
      By Andrew Esensten Jun 2, 2022
      Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein on the set of "Maestro." (Photo/Netflix)

      Film

      Bradley Cooper's prosthetic nose reignites representation debate

      As Netflix released the first stills from the set of “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper’s upcoming biopic film about Leonard Bernstein, there was one thing most…
      By Gabe Friedman, JTA Jun 1, 2022
      Musician John Schott is the mind behind an upcoming all-night rendition of "'Round Midnight." (Photo/Cookie Segelstein)

      Music

      Jazz classic ‘’Round Midnight’ becomes all-night Shavuot meditation

      Talmudic scholars have nothing on jazz musicians when it comes to disputing the fine points of a canonical text — well, tune. While pianist Thelonious…
      By Andrew Gilbert May 23, 2022
      Zachary Noah Piser is taking over the role of Evan Hansen on Broadway full-time, becoming the first Asian American actor to do so. (Photo/JTA-Matthew Murphy)

      Theater

      Broadway’s new Evan Hansen is an Asian-American with mohel parents

      In a different world, Asian Jewish actor Zachary Noah Piser would’ve become an Olympic swimmer. “Before the age where everyone started growing, I was…
      By Evelyn Frick, Alma May 19, 2022
      Members of the Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine await the results of the Eurovision Song Festival in Turin, Italy, May 14, 2022. (Photo/EBU)

      Music

      Unable to film in Ukraine, Eurovision winners made intro video in Israel

      This year’s Eurovision Song Contest did not go Israel’s way — but even though the country didn’t make it to the final for the first time in six years, it…
      By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA May 16, 2022
      Jewlia Eisenberg's posthumous album is called “The Ginzburg Geography.” (Photo/Robin Hultgren)

      Music

      Jewlia Eisenberg channels anti-fascist Italian lovers on posthumous album

      A year after Jewlia Eisenberg’s death, she’s still on the front lines, mixing it up with the bullies and authoritarians and raising her voice for lovers…
      By Andrew Gilbert May 6, 2022
      Lara Downes is a professional pianist and host of an evening program on Classical KDFC 90.3. (Photo/Matt Barrett)

      Music

      Lara Downes is on a mission to celebrate Black composers

      Lara Downes is the queen of classical music in California. Each weeknight from 8 p.m. to midnight, Downes hosts a program that can be heard in the Bay…
      By Andrew Esensten Apr 29, 2022
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