By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 12, 2020
He had me at “Crossing Delancey.”That was my response when Eddie Coffield shared the lineup for the New Jewish Theatre’s 2020-21 season, beginning in October. Coffield is artistic director of NJT, which is part of the Jewish Community Center.Although...
The New Jewish Theatre continues its record-setting season with “We Are the Levinsons,” Wendy Kout’s compelling play about a multi-generational Jewish family as they laugh, learn and love their way through a year of life and death. Weaving comedy...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published February 27, 2020
A record 21 nominations for the New Jewish Theatre in the 2020 St. Louis Theater Circle Awards shows that the local drama scene is catching up with what many of us have known for a long time: The troupe’s performances are first-rate.The honors for...
BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published February 13, 2020
The New Jewish Theatre received a record 21 nominations for the 2020 St. Louis Theatre Circle Awards for outstanding achievement in St. Louis Professional Theatre, the organization announced Feb. 7. Their previous high was 12 nominations for plays performed...
BY JUDITH NEWMARK, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published December 12, 2019
In 2017, Will Bonfiglio won the St. Louis Theater Circle Award for outstanding actor in a comedy for his performance in “Buyer and Cellar,” a one-man show at Stray Dog. He portrayed an unemployed actor who goes to work in Barbra Streisand’s private...
Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published October 17, 2019
Artistic director Edward Coffield made a wise choice in selecting “Brighton Beach Memoirs” to open the New Jewish Theatre season. Not only is this highly autobiographical play by Neil Simon typically a crowd-pleaser, but the NJT production in particular...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 26, 2019
Play timeFew Monday mornings start off as chill as a coffee date with Eddie Coffield, artistic director of the New Jewish Theatre. We got together at Colleen’s in Clayton to talk about the new NJT season, the first one he officially put together. Of...
BY MIKE SHERWIN & ELLEN FUTTERMAN, MANAGING EDITOR & EDITOR
• Published May 22, 2019
The big chill of this past winter finally thawed, just in time for the weather — and the St. Louis arts scene — to sizzle. As the temperature heats up, so does the local entertainment scene, with literally dozens of live performances, concerts, festivals...
By Judith Newmark, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 22, 2019
A wedding is a lot like theater, complete with stars, costumes, sets and, not infrequently, plot twists. So, if writers take inspiration from the altar, why not? After all, the source material is abundant.Playwright Tasha Gordon-Solmon draws from that...
BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR
• Published May 9, 2019
Weddings, while usually joyous occasions, can also generate more than their fair share of stress, including the bride’s decision about what to wear on the big day. Google wedding dress and stress, and more than 100 million results come back. Popular...
Teens on a missionThree St. Louis-area teens are taking on major leadership roles on an international Jewish platform.Earlier this month, at BBYO’s International Convention in Denver, St. Louisans Jill Goldwasser, a junior at Ladue Horton Watkins High...
