Category Archives: theatre

‘The Labor of Life’ by Hanoch Levin at the Beit Lessin Theater

Posted on January 14, 2013 by admin

The Web site in Hebrew of the Beit Lessin Theatre has under the name of the theater an addition which translates like ‘the most Israeli possible’. This is probably kind of a slogan meant to attract audiences and it certainly … Continue reading →

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An Event – Euripides’ ‘Trojan Women’ co-produced by the Cameri and the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

Posted on December 30, 2012 by admin

The performance with ‘The Trojan Women’ put on stage by the Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv and the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre is a proof of the way great theater transcends time, and to what extend a tragedy written 24 centuries … Continue reading →

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Richard III under Rocket Attacks

Posted on November 16, 2012 by admin

This is maybe one of the most unusual texts about a theater performance that I have ever written. It is not only about Shakespeare’s masterpiece, not only about the staging (and I have great references to compare with, starting with … Continue reading →

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An Yidishpiel in Hebrew (Stempenyu at the Cameri Theater)

Posted on October 8, 2012 by admin

Was there a real Fiddler on the Roof? This question is being asked by viewers enjoying the well-known musical or the movie inspired by it, or admiring Chagall’s paintings. The historical figure behind the character actually existed, he was was … Continue reading →

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rock, musical and the national theater (Theater: ‘Next to Normal’ at HaBima)

Posted on September 28, 2012 by admin

What is a rock musical? or a rock opera? I confess that I never understood exactly where are the borders of the genres, actually where the classical operetta ends and the musical genre starts. Maybe when it is staged on … Continue reading →

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Theater – ‘Ministers of War’ at Habima

Posted on September 9, 2012 by admin

Playwrights do not have an easy task writing about the Israeli contemporary realities. How strong and impressive you can be writing a tragedy about the Israel of today when thousands of people in the land called Holy have lost their … Continue reading →

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An Evening at the Renewed HaBima

Posted on May 20, 2012 by admin

The Israeli national theater Habima is back home in its renovated location in central Tel Aviv. The many years of wandering in temporary spaces, the problems with the building and funding seriously impacted the conditions of viewing and the level … Continue reading →

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Teatru: ‘O lume pe dos’ la ArCuB

Posted on April 16, 2012 by admin

Teatrul cu adevarat interesant de multe ori nu se petrece in marile teatre de repertoriu ci pe micile scene, in cluburi si in cafenele.  Acest adevar cunoscut de iubitorii de teatru din intreaga lume incepe sa se petreaca si in … Continue reading →

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Horatiu Malaele – Sunt un orb

Posted on April 15, 2012 by admin

Horatiu Malaele este una dintre acele personalitati artistice complexe care resping categoriile si categorisirile. Unul dintre motive este desigur multitudinea de talente si de ocupatii artistice – actor, regizor, caricaturist, patron de galerie, poet. Alt motiv este ca talentul sau … Continue reading →

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‘Harvey’ at the Gesher Theater

Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin

This is a performance I was not supposed to enjoy. I am not a fan of light and feel-good comedies, moralistic and happy-ending. ‘Harvey’ is a light, feel-good comedy that ends well and tells a few things about morals in … Continue reading →

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