Musical TheatreThis new musical stars a thoroughly modern MosesA husband and wife team have written a new musical based on the Exodus storyBy Deborah Cicurel5 min read
Tony AwardsTony Awards 2024: Big winners Stereophonic and Merrily We Roll Along are JewishDaniel Radcliffe and Jeremy Strong were the other lead winners in the 77th awards ceremonyBy Elisa Bray2 min read
Golda AmirovaFrom Odesa to the West End: Golda the musicalGolda Amirova’s Jewish journey of courage, comedy and conflictBy Jane Prinsley1 min read
Theatre The Witches review: Child killers hidden among us in Dahl’s dark family showBertie Caplan is superb in a production that pleasingly provides a platform for young Jewish talent in a musical based on famous children's book writer's storyBy John Nathan2 min read
MusicJephtha review: A night at the opera that I would like to forgetAllan Clayton has a magnificent tenor voice but it is simply not suited to Handel - one contributing factor that makes this production a big mistakeBy Stephen Pollard2 min read
Musical TheatreDudu Fisher: the Israeli star who wanted to be a dentist but became a superstarThe singer/actor is celebrating his 50th year in showbiz - but, as he tells the JC, his life could have gone in a very different directionBy Francine White8 min read
Theatre Sunset Boulevard review: Doesn't matter if you've seen this show before, you have not seen it like thisNicole Scherzinger's Norma Desmond transmits a tragic ego the size of the cinema screen in Jamie Lloyd’s slick musicalBy John Nathan2 min read
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review: All hail Broadway royaltySeventy-five-year-old Bernadette Peters rolls back the years in Cameron Macintosh’s tribute to the late musical theatre geniusBy John Nathan1 min read||October 5, 2023 10:37
Next to Normal review: Great songs, shame about the writingI cannot remember a show that was so annoyingly written yet so impressively performed as this production about the repercussions of a mother's manic depressionBy John Nathan2 min read||August 24, 2023 16:59
Everything we know about Ethan Slater, Ariana Grande’s rumoured new Jewish boyfriendJudaism influenced ‘every aspect of my life’ says her Wicked co-star and rumoured flingBy Hannah Gillott 1 min read||July 21, 2023 10:00
Crazy For You review: The joy of Gershwin adds fizz to our straitened timesCharlie Stemp stars as hapless New York banker Bobby Child in a fizzing, delightful morale boosterBy John Nathan2 min read||July 6, 2023 16:43
Obituary: Maria CharlesA formidable presence who played Yente opposite Topol in Fiddler on the RoofBy Gloria Tessler3 min read||June 29, 2023 10:00
FIddler on the roof co-creator Sheldon Harnick dies at 99The writer was inducted into the Broadway hall of fame for his work on the iconic showBy Elisa Bray3 min read||June 27, 2023 16:01
