By ARIELLE KAPLAN This story originally appeared on Kveller. In the ultimate COVID-19 silver lining, the Broadway smash “Hamilton“ will soon be available to stream from the comfort of your quarantine couch. Huzzah! Originally set to hit theaters on in October 2021, it was an incredible coup by Disney+ to snag rights to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical. Luckily for […]

By STEVE NORTH NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – “The Prince of Egypt” is having another moment in the desert sun. The 1998 animated film on Moses and the Exodus story has been turned into a recent musical in London. It’s streaming on Hulu. And in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the original movie’s music is getting online love from […]

ALBANY–The Noodle Pudding Players will present the regional premier of “The Goldman Project” by Staci Swedeen at Ohav Shalom Synagogue, 113 New Krumkill Rd., Albany, from Dec. 12 to Dec. 23. Directed by Michelle Sanders, the play relates the story of Naomi Goldman, who is recently widowed and living in an apartment in upper Manhattan, with her son, Tony, who […]

The cast and production team of Classic Theater Guild’s upcoming “Diary of Anne Frank” recently met with Holocaust survivor, Carol Rosner, center front, at Beth Israel Synagogue in Schenectady. For over an hour, 90-year old Niskayuna resident Rosner recounted his experiences before, during and after his internment at age 15 at Buchenwald with his brother. Jesse Braverman, who will be […]

SCHENECTADY– Classic Theater Guild (CTG), is launching its Fall season “The Diary of Anne Frank” at Beth Israel Synagogue, at 2195 Eastern Parkway, Schenectady, beginning on Thursday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. According to the CTG, “The Diary of Anne Frank” is one of the most famous and haunting stories to emerge in the 20th century. “Frank’s hopeful spirit and […]

— Eat, drink, be merry— — And decide now to see more ballet and orchestra By JAMES R. CLEVENSON Though summer is officially over, Saratoga Performing Arts Center is still holding programs— an extended food festival with lectures Oct. 1-3 and of course a big dinner and wine tasting festival Oct. 4-5 and a luncheon Oct. 17. Then there are […]

ALBANY–Congregation Beth Emeth’s Brotherhood has three social programs on the summer calendar this July and August. The brotherhood is co-sponsoring a rafting trip with the TRIBE on Sunday, July 14, on the Indian and Hudson Rivers in North River. The cost is $84 a person. Reservations must be made online by July 3 at bethemethalbany.org. Mark Swyer at mdswyer@hotmail.com can […]

CATSKILL–Temple Israel of Catskill will present “In the Voices of Our Mothers” on Sunday, June 30, at 4 p.m. at the temple, 220 Spring St., Catskill. It will be a Readers Theater Production of an original play written and directed by Carol Fox Prescott, veteran actress, director, and teacher. This play is told from the point of view of five biblical […]

ALBANY–The Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center kicks off the 2019 Jules and Paula Stein Live and Learn Lecture /Lunch Series on Thursday, May 30, 11 a.m. in the Albany J.C.C.’s auditorium, 340 Whitehall Rd. Alisa Solomon, drama critic and writer will discuss “Wonder of Wonders:  A Cultural History of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’” in a lecture based on her […]

The Classic Theater Guild has announced June auditions for the cast of  “The Diary of Anne Frank.”  Performances of Wendy Kesselman’s adaptation of the original Goodrich and Hackett script will be in November at Beth Israel Synagogue in Schenectady. Auditions will be held at the University Of Albany in Lecture Center 7 near the main fountain on Sunday, June 2, […]