Theater
Two from Bay Area win big at Tony Awards
Two Bay Area natives, both of whom attended Tehiyah Day School and Berkeley High School, took home top honors in the 72nd annual Tony Awards ceremony at…
Celebrity Jews
The Jews go to the Tonys, 2018
The Tony Awards, for excellence in the Broadway theater, will be presented on Sunday, June 10. In the Bay Area, you can watch it tape-delayed (8 p.m.,…
Theater
‘Finks’ playwright bares family’s battles during ugly blacklist era
Playwright Joe Gilford jokes that his first words were Mama, Papa and Fifth Amendment. As a red diaper baby whose actor parents were blacklisted as…
Music
Women's stories through Ladino music and dance
A collaboration this weekend that honors the stories of women through music and dance from the Sephardic Jewish tradition is also, at its heart, the story…
On Stage
Teen musical ‘Jeans!’ tells the essential SF Jewish immigrant story
There have been plenty of books, movies and musicals about the Jewish immigrant experience in the U.S., and most of them end on Ellis Island or on the…
On Stage
ACT’s sexy ‘Walk on the Moon’ a Jewish tour de force
The moon necklace that Pamela Gray has worn every day for more than a decade is a reminder of the event at the center of a career that has taken her from…
Storytelling
A Moth-style storytelling event about Israel
Not to be outdone by The Moth, the famous live show that travels the country and is broadcast on public radio, the Osher Marin JCC has called local…
Education
Model citizens: students walk the runway for a good cause
“Deep-breathing exercises,” said sophomore Eliza Aiken, explaining what was keeping her and her fellow students behind the curtains calm and relaxed. The…
Theater
Comedy and humanity as Pakistani-British actor steps into American Jewish role
It’s emblematic of the play “Love, Bombs & Apples,” a new production of the Middle East-centric Golden Thread theater company, that a…