The first act of this clever play about two Brooklyn marriages is a little ponderous, but stick with it – the second act is more than worth the wait
By John Nathan
David Harewood is in the title role, but it is Toby Jones who steals the show
The Jewish actor stands out in this beautifully performed play about Jews at Christmas
Nicola Walker conveys with fevered obsession how a mother’s mind implodes when her teenage son disappears
Playwright Anna Ziegler on her new work about two very different Jewish marriages
By Elisa Bray
The Jewish Playwrights Programme, whose cohort of writers will develop their own full-length plays over six months, aims to empower new Jewish voices
By Eliana Jordan
Susan Sarandon brings steel to Tracy Letts’s play about the unremarkable life of one American woman, but it is Andrea Riseborough who delivers an outstanding performance
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Based on interviews with journalist Gitta Sereny, this new play about child victims of war spans 45 years – but still takes too long to answer its main mystery
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The playwright believes her new play answers this long-standing question
The director on why he saturated The Producers with a Jewish sensibility, about his late-onset Jewishness and why he thinks hatred from strangers is not the worst thing
Israeli actor Neta Roth explains why she can’t wait to bring the biblical figure Salomé to life in the hotly anticipated West End production of Oscar Wilde’s eponymous play this month
By Natalie Blenford
Patrick Marber’s inventive new production, which transferred to the West End this week, avoids the big-Broadway-show thing but The Great White Way is surely where it’s headed
The debut play written by writer-director Rosenblatt, about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism, won three Olivier awards
It is odd that director Daniel Evans has chosen this work, which isn’t really a history play at all, for his inaugural production as co-artistic director of the RSC
Caroline Pakter tells the JC about her journey from showbusiness to Orthodox Judaism
By Gaby Wine
Mike Bartlett’s latest play grapples with the issue of environmentalism and sustainability through a group of people ideologically divided
