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PROVIDENCE – There is an unspoken contract between the creators of theater and those attending it. 

We in the audience agree that the artificiality of what is taking place on stage – the stylized unfolding of a scripted narrative, the representation of a time and a place that is not necessarily our own and the incarnation of invented others by actors – will be accepted as real. For the length of the production, we allow … more

BOSTON – It took nearly 60 years for “Funny Girl” to return to Broadway in revival, an astonishing length of time considering that the popular 1964 production earned eight Tony nominations and lasted 1,348 performances.

The primary reason for the delay was finding the right woman to play Fanny Brice – the legendary Jewish star of vaudeville’s Ziegfeld Follies at the turn-of-the-20th century – once Barbra Streisand was done with her. It was Streisand’s Tony-nominated performance on stage (she lost to Carol Channing in “Hello, Dolly!”) … more

(JTA) – A postwar epic about a Holocaust survivor, a contemporary comedy about Holocaust tourism and a biopic of a Jewish musical legend helped lend a formidable Jewish presence to … more
PROVIDENCE – In 2017, The New York Times  published a series of allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein from women who claimed that he sexually harassed them. The viral … more
PROVIDENCE – It’s tough enough mastering King of Pop Michael Jackson’s mannerisms, manner of dress and moonwalk when earning loose change on big city street corners. It’s a … more
Temple Emanuel’s LGBTQ+ Affinity Group, TEQ and the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island are pleased to collaborate for the first time to bring an event to the entire community.   The … more
PROVIDENCE – While the moral at the end of the jukebox musical “Mamma Mia!” is that true love comes but once in a lifetime, the show itself – which uses the highly synthesized … more
PROVIDENCE – I was dreading seeing this musical. Scarred by the rural TV comedies of my youth, the likes of “Petticoat Junction,” “Green Acres” and … more
BOSTON – “We are moving all too quickly from living history to historical memory,” notes the website for the National Jewish Theater Foundation , which serves as an archive for over … more
On Thursday, Sept. 12, the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center hosted its 36th anniversary celebration and concert at Temple Beth-El, in Providence. The event was dedicated to the Bornsteins, … more
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