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musicals

Rose Oser is the writer behind "Shoshana in December."
Posted inHolidays

‘Shoshana in December’: New queer Hanukkah musical hits S.F. stage

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene November 8, 2022

In the first scene of Rose Oser’s new musical, “Shoshana in December”, a Jewish character sings: “I want to have the thing that everyone else had in December, an effervescent […]

Ariana DeBose as Anita and David Alvarez as Bernardo in the 2021 version of "West Side Story." (Photo/JTA-Niko Tavernise-20th Century Studios)
Posted inCulture

Jews were the creative forces behind ‘West Side Story’ decades ago and today. Should they be?

by Jordyn Haime and JTA December 10, 2021
Stephen Sondheim listening to music in the recording control room during the original cast recording of the Broadway musical "Into The Woods" in 1987. (Photo/JTA-Oliver Morris'Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

How Stephen Sondheim helped me find my gay Jewish sensibility

Reb Irwin Keller by Rabbi Irwin Keller November 30, 2021December 1, 2021
(Illustration/Forward-Nikki Casey)
Posted inUncategorized

I went 26 years without watching ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’ My first viewing was underwhelming — until it wasn’t

by Irene Katz Connelly and Forward November 4, 2021
From “A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff,” which includes moments of animation, music and ritual.
Posted inCulture

Avant-garde film says ‘Kaddish for Bernie Madoff,’ in its own eccentric way

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
(Graphic/JTA-illustration by Grace Yagel; photos by United Artists-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

We simply do not need another ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

by A.R. Vishny July 8, 2020
Still from the musical finale of “Transparent” (Photo/Erin Simkin, courtesy Amazon Prime)
Posted inTV & Film

Subversively Jewish to the last, ‘Transparent’ goes out with a song

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz September 26, 2019October 1, 2019
From “Seder-Masochism,” a meandering animated musical exploration of the Passover seder
Posted inTV & Film

‘Sita’ director returns with energetic, meandering, musical meditation on Passover seder

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 12, 2019July 17, 2019
Ariela Morgenstern (Photo/David R. Gordon)
Posted inCulture

For S.F. cantor’s daughter, role in ‘Once’ is a natural fit

by Patricia Corrigan June 10, 2019June 12, 2019
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Posted inArt, Culture, On Stage, Theater

‘Love Sick,’ theater company’s first English work, adds performances

by J. Staff March 6, 2017March 23, 2018

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