Theater
'The Chosen': frozen in time, or still relevant?
When playwright Aaron Posner was seeking a Jewish-themed book to adapt for the stage in the late 1990s, he went to the author Chaim Potok for advice. To…
Theater
‘Obligation’ up for 3 awards, back for new S.F. run
“The Obligation,” a one-man stage show written and performed by Bay Area native Roger Grunwald, has been nominated for three Theatre Bay Area Awards, it…
Theater
'Oslo' explores personal risks taken for peace
Remember the photo from 1993 that shows Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shaking hands at the White House with a beaming President Bill Clinton standing…
On Stage
AIDS crisis to Trump era: drag troupe turns 25
Twenty-five years ago, Jewish lawyers Benjamin Schatz and Irwin Keller and two friends, Jerry Friedman and Maurice Kelly, poured all the pathos and fury…
On Stage
Jewish angst and ‘Assholes’ coming to S.F. Fringe Fest
Ronen Sberlo admits it wasn’t easy coming up with a name for his one-man show, “Experts, Assholes and True Believers.” “It was a long, Jewish, neurotic…
Dance
Bringing exercise and creativity together through dance
It is emblematic of her long life as a dancer and choreographer that when Kathryn Roszak teaches an adult fitness class at the East Bay JCC, it’s going to…
U.S.
Neil Simon: 'adventurous' mind of stage and screen
Playwright Neil Simon, known for such Broadway hits as “The Odd Couple,” “Barefoot in the Park” and “Lost in Yonkers,” may be most remembered among his…
Theater
JCHS grad's 'unstoppable' career
“All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten,” Robert Fulghum wrote in 1986. Though Ross Everett was just a baby at the time, today he might take…
On Stage
She sings like a cantor and acts like a nun
Rachel Michelberg may have sung Jewish religious music all her life, but she’s ready to play a singing nun onstage any time. A cantorial soloist for many…