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The Matriarchs, by Liba Vaynberg, is a new play that follows six modern Orthodox girls—each one loosely inspired by the women of the Torah that they share names with—as they navigate adolescence, adulthood and everything that comes along with growing up… including dips into unorthodoxy. Directed by Dina Vovsi, the 100-minute production opened earlier this … This new play brings the women of the Torah into the 21st century

This fall, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene brings Hannah Senesh’s remarkable story to the stage in a powerful one-woman play. Senesh, a young Jewish woman who escaped Hungary in 1939 for British Mandate Palestine, joined the Haganah—the main Jewish paramilitary organization in the territory from 1920 to 1948—and later volunteered for a daring Special Operations … This one-woman Off-Broadway play tells the story of a Jewish paratrooper who fought the Nazis

Gene & Gilda Off-Broadway play in Manhattan

The love story between late Jewish American actors Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner sits at the heart of Gene & Gilda, an Off-Broadway play now running at 59E59 Theaters on Manhattan’s Upper East Side through September 7. For the uninitiated: the couple first met on the set of Hanky Panky in 1981, quickly falling into … This Off-Broadway play explores Jewish icon Gene Wilder’s love story with Gilda Radner

Jewish comedian Alex Edelman is set to take the Carnegie Hall stage on Saturday, November 15 at 6pm as part of the New York Comedy Festival, the longest-running annual festival of its kind in the United States. Edelman will be performing his new show What Are You Going to Do, the follow-up to his critically … Catch Alex Edelman at Carnegie Hall during the New York Comedy Festival this fall

Known as one of the greatest mimes of all time, Marcel Marceau’s lesser-known heroism will take center stage in Marcel on the Train, a new Off-Broadway play set to make its world premiere at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater (136 East 13th Street) in February 2026. The production stars Ethan Slater—who also co-wrote the story … This new Off-Broadway play centers on famed mime Marcel Marceau’s mission to rescue Jewish children during the Holocaust

Scene from 'Talking with Angels: Budapest, 1943' one-woman show

Talking with Angels: Budapest, 1943 is a new 100-minute, one-woman show by Shelley Mitchell set to debut at Theaterlab (357 West 36th Street) in Midtown Manhattan on March 6. Running through March 30, the play is inspired by the real-life story of Gitta Mallasz, a Gentile woman who protected and rescued hundreds of Hungarian Jewish … This new one-woman show tells the story of a gentile woman who saved hundreds of Jewish families during WWII

We admit that the premise may seem a bit unconventional, but considering Bubble Schmeisis debuted to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016, we’re excited for its upcoming premiere in Brooklyn. Written and performed by Nick Cassenbaum, the play explores the culture of the schvitz, the traditional Yiddish-origin steam bath, which has historically … ‘Bubble Schmeisis’ is a new play set inside a Jewish bathhouse

Ivan Golyak—the Jewish director behind the heartbreaking Our Class, staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music before a Manhattan transfer—is gearing up for the premiere of his next production, a contemporary take on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Set to debut at Classic Stage Company at 136 East 13th Street by Third Avenue tonight, … A new contemporary production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’ opens in NYC this weekend

Although William Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice in the late 1500s, experts still debate whether the play, about a merchant named Antonio who defaults on a loan he takes out on behalf of his friend Bassanio through Jewish moneylender Shylock, is replete with antisemitic tropes or simply explores the very concept of antisemitism through … ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star T.R. Knight to star in Off-Broadway production of ‘The Merchant of Venice’

You’ve got until September 1 to catch The Sabbath Girl at 59E59 Theaters on the Upper East Side. The 90-minute musical tells the story of Angie Mastrantoni, an Italian-American art gallerist that lives on the Upper West Side and doesn’t have much time for romance until Seth, her divorced Orthodox Jewish neighbor, knocks on her … ‘The Sabbath Girl’ is a New York-based rom-com musical playing in Manhattan this month