Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 22, 2017
Never can say goodbyeSad but exciting news came last week from Rabbi Hyim Shafner, who has served Bais Abraham Congregation since 2004. In a letter to congregants, Shafner explained he would be leaving St. Louis this summer to become senior rabbi at Kesher...
The New Jewish Theatre continues its 20th season with John Logan’s play “Never the Sinner” from March 16 to April 2. The play has been described as a chilling love story between two brilliant and privileged young men tried for what became known...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 1, 2017
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is known for giving voice to stories of the disenfranchised that otherwise might be forgotten. “Intimate Apparel” certainly delivers on that, though in the capable hands of New Jewish Theatre director...
BY ROBERT A. COHN , Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published December 7, 2016
“Driving Miss Daisy,’ Alfred Uhry’s acclaimed 1988 play that won both the Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize in drama, and an Oscar for the film version the following year, is given a powerfully acted and timely reprise as the New Jewish Theatre’s...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 30, 2016
For just the third time in the history of the New Jewish Theatre, artistic director Kathleen Sitzer will step out of her office and onto the stage. Sitzer will play Daisy Werthen in Alfred Uhry’s poignant drama “Driving Miss Daisy,” the second show...
The New Jewish Theatre will continue its 20th anniversary season with a revival of Alfred Uhry’s play, “Driving Miss Daisy,” from Dec. 1 to 18.NJT Artistic Director Kathleen Sitzer will return to the stage after a nine-year hiatus to play the title...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published October 13, 2016
The recent passing of former Israeli president and Prime Minister Shimon Peres is a poignant and timely backdrop to the New Jewish Theatre’s opening play of its 20th season, “Golda’s Balcony,” by William Gibson, featuring a stunning performance...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published October 13, 2016
As Good as GoldaHearing I’m from St. Louis, actress Tovah Feldshuh asks if I’m planning to attend the New Jewish Theatre’s production of “Golda’s Balcony,” which runs through Oct. 30. Feldshuh was the original star of the one-woman show, playing...
BY Margaret Gillerman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 17, 2016
Kathleen Sitzer, the founding artistic director of the New Jewish Theatre, jokes that audiences know her as the person who gets up in front of every performance, gives a curtain speech and reminds them to turn off their cell phones.But this season —...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published May 18, 2016
Isaac Bashevis Singer, the Nobel Prize Laureate and acclaimed novelist and short story writer, made no secret of his intense dislike for the 1983 film version of his short story, “Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy.” Singer reportedly tried to get his name removed...
To celebrate its upcoming milestone 20th anniversay season, the New Jewish Theatre will revive two of its most popular shows from the past in 2016-2017.The season opens Oct. 6 to 30 with the William Gibson blockbuster, “Golda’s Balcony,” directed...
The New Jewish Theatre’s 2015-2016 season continues with a production of “Old Wicked Songs” by Jon Marans. The play is set in Vienna, Austria in 1986, where Kurt Waldheim is running for re-election despite his Nazi past. Stephen Hoffman, a young...
