Category Archives: theatre

‘The Human Scale’ in Tel Aviv

Posted on May 22, 2011 by admin

It is a remarkable coincidence that ‘The Human Scale’ written and acted on stage by the Pulitzer winner journalist Lawrence Wright from The New Yorker and brought to stage by director Oskar Eustis for the New York Public Theater was … Continue reading →

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Brecht’s ‘Caucasian Chalk Circle’ at the Cameri Theatre

Posted on May 6, 2011 by admin

Brecht would have liked the way the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv approached his ‘Caucasian Circle’, despite the fact that it departs in many moments from the text he has written. He was himself more interested by the political engagement … Continue reading →

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Seri de teatru in Bucuresti

Posted on April 24, 2011 by admin

Una dintre amintirile copilariei si adolescentei este legata de pasiunea mea pentru film. Locuind aproape de ceea ce era si nu mai este ‘bulevardul cinematografelor’ adica portiunea din bulevardul cu multe nume pe care la un moment dat erau sase … Continue reading →

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Machiavelli’s ‘La Mandragola’ at the Beit Lessin Theatre

Posted on March 5, 2011 by admin

The Israeli mainstream theaters suffer from a repertory policy which encourages commercial plays and leaves too little room to my taste to innovation – both in what concerns the selected texts as well as the means of expression. The Beit … Continue reading →

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Un spectacol de teatru bucurestean in Israel

Posted on February 26, 2011 by admin

Infiintat in 2007 Teatrul ‘Metropolis’ din Bucuresti este o aparitie recenta in viata teatrala bucuresteana. Nu am ajuns inca sa vad niciun spectacol la sediul lor din strada Eminescu din Bucuresti, dar pe Web site-ul http://www.teatrulmetropolis.ro/ se poate citi ca … Continue reading →

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Moliere’s ‘Don Juan’ at the Gesher Theatre

Posted on February 20, 2011 by admin

I have seen last Saturday the most recent play brought to stage at the Gesher Theater in Jaffo – Moliere’s Don Juan under the direction of the Bulgarian guest director Alexander Morfov.  Although it does not reach the peak levels … Continue reading →

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Gogol’s ‘Revizor’ at the Gesher Theater

Posted on February 7, 2011 by admin

Gogol’s Revizor (The Inspector General as translated in English here) is one of these few great plays in the universal theater repertoire that has the potential of becoming inflammatory and subversive material for any society in any time. The combination … Continue reading →

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Theater: “Sheindale” at Beit-Lessin

Posted on January 30, 2011 by admin

Sheindale is a remake performance of a play which more than twenty years ago opened a trend and created a genre in the Israeli theater – plays dedicated to the life and conflicts in the closed ultra-religious (haredi) society in … Continue reading →

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Theater: ‘Because It’s Us That You Have Chosen’ at HaBima

Posted on January 23, 2011 by admin

‘Ki Banu Baharta’ (‘Because It’s Us That You Have Chosen’) is the kind of a play that speaks mostly for Jewish audiences and probably only in Israel. It’s a strong drama about personal and family identity, but I doubt that … Continue reading →

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Pirandello in Jaffa

Posted on June 12, 2010 by admin

I have seen last night probably the best theater performance of the season with the Jaffa Gesher Theater production of Luigi Pirandello‘s Six Characters in Search of an Author. I am glad to end this year’s season with this performance, … Continue reading →

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