The Haggadah

Jackie Hoffman and Elizabeth Hagstedt to Appear in The RAs
by BWW News Desk - Sep 7, 2011

Jackie Hoffman, currently appearing on Broadway as Grandma Addams in The Addams Family, and Elizabeth Hagstedt, who appeared as Mrs. Lovett, Pirelli and the Beggar Woman in the national tour of John Doyle's production of Sweeney Todd, are among the cast of The RAs, a new web drama about a group of juniors at a performing arts college who come of age in 1999. (more...)

---

Leslie Kritzer, Jeff Keller to Lead A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK Reading, 9/26-27
by BWW News Desk - Sep 26, 2011

The new musical A Letter to Harvey Milk, based on the short story by Lesléa Newman will enjoy an invite-only staged reading in New York on Monday, September 26 & Tuesday, September 27, 2011. (more...)

---

Leslie Kritzer, Jeff Keller to Lead A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK Reading, 9/26-27
by BWW News Desk - Sep 20, 2011

The new musical A Letter to Harvey Milk, based on the short story by Lesléa Newman will enjoy an invite-only staged reading in New York on Monday, September 26 & Tuesday, September 27, 2011. (more...)

---

LOCO7 Presents IN RETROSPECT At La MaMa Puppet Series 11/12-28
by BWW News Desk - Oct 8, 2010

With its newest production, 'In Retrospect,' the LOCO7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company, led by Federico Restrepo, investigates how we each construct our personal memory box: how we keep our memories fresh and preserve the things that made us who we are. (more...)

---

Shami Chaikin of Famed Chaikin Family, Gets Critically Injured in Motor Accident
by BWW News Desk - Nov 6, 2009

According to a report in the New York Post, off-Broadway star Shami Chaikin, sister of the late, famed director Joseph Chaikin, was critically injured in Greenwich Village on Bleeker Street and 8th Avenue yesterday morning when a garbage truck hit her on her mobility scooter. Chaikin, 78, who had been riding in the bicycle lane underwent surgery at St. Vincent's hospital and remains in critical condition. (more...)

---

LOCO7 Presents IN RETROSPECT At La MaMa Puppet Series 11/12-28
by BWW News Desk - Nov 28, 2010

With its newest production, 'In Retrospect,' the LOCO7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company, led by Federico Restrepo, investigates how we each construct our personal memory box: how we keep our memories fresh and preserve the things that made us who we are. (more...)

---

LOCO7 Presents IN RETROSPECT At La MaMa Puppet Series 11/12-28
by BWW News Desk - Nov 12, 2010

With its newest production, 'In Retrospect,' the LOCO7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company, led by Federico Restrepo, investigates how we each construct our personal memory box: how we keep our memories fresh and preserve the things that made us who we are. (more...)

---

Jackie Hoffman and Elizabeth Hagstedt to Appear in The RAs
by TV News Desk - May 24, 2011

Jackie Hoffman, currently appearing on Broadway as Grandma Addams in The Addams Family, and Elizabeth Hagstedt, who appeared as Mrs. Lovett, Pirelli and the Beggar Woman in the national tour of John Doyle's production of Sweeney Todd, are among the cast of The RAs, a new web drama about a group of juniors at a performing arts college who come of age in 1999. (more...)

---

BroadwayWorld.com's On This Day - March 31, 2010
by - Mar 31, 2010

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 31 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)

---

BWW Reviews: WHIPPING MAN Delivers Extraordinary Theatre Experience at Gulfshore Playhouse
by Chris Silk - Mar 25, 2013

Gulfshore Playhouse explores the Civil War in frightening, fascinating, thrilling, daresay even extraordinary fashion in this Matthew Lopez show. 'The Whipping Man' covers a few days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox. A Jewish soldier returns home to find his house in ruins, just two former slaves left and his family gone. As the starving, uneasy trio celebrates Passover with a makeshift Seder, bitter truths come out. (more...)

---

Rare Medieval Hebrew Manuscript on View At The MET, Begins 4/5
by BWW News Desk - Mar 18, 2011

The Washington Haggadah-one of the most important illustrated Hebrew manuscripts preserved in an American public collection and an unprecedented loan from the Library of Congress-will be shown at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning April 5, to coincide with the observance of Passover later that month. (more...)

---

'Mrs. Mannerly', a New Comedy by Jeffrey Hatcher, Begins January 29 at Alley Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Jan 29, 2010

Inspired by hilarious memories of a childhood etiquette class, playwright Jeffrey Hatcher conjures up the world of a seven-year-old studying manners from the title character. Mrs. Mannerly is a demanding teacher, and no student in her 36 years of etiquette classes has achieved a perfect score. But when he discovers her secret past, Young Jeffrey is determined to be the first. This unique comic tale reveals truths about the face we present and real selves that lie inside. Recommended for general audiences. (more...)

---

'Mrs. Mannerly', a New Comedy by Jeffrey Hatcher, Begins January 29 at Alley Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Jan 21, 2010

Inspired by hilarious memories of a childhood etiquette class, playwright Jeffrey Hatcher conjures up the world of a seven-year-old studying manners from the title character. Mrs. Mannerly is a demanding teacher, and no student in her 36 years of etiquette classes has achieved a perfect score. But when he discovers her secret past, Young Jeffrey is determined to be the first. This unique comic tale reveals truths about the face we present and real selves that lie inside. Recommended for general audiences. (more...)

---

The Flea Theater Presents Elizabeth Swados' KASPER HAUSER
by BWW News Desk - Jan 14, 2009

The Flea Theater presents the World Premiere of KASPAR HAUSER: a foundling's opera, a music-theater piece by Tony-nominee and Obie-winner Elizabeth Swados and Erin Courtney of 13P. Commissioned by The Flea in 2006, the piece marks Swados return to The Flea, where she previously wrote, composed and directed the long-running hit JABU. Performances of KASPAR HAUSER begin previews on February 13th, with opening night set for February 28th. (more...)

---

Photo Flash: Alley Theatre Presents MRS. MANNERLY
by BWW News Desk - Feb 3, 2010

Inspired by hilarious memories of a childhood etiquette class, playwright Jeffrey Hatcher conjures up the world of a seven-year-old studying manners from the title character. (more...)

---

MRS MANNERLY, a New Comedy by Jeffrey Hatcher, Closes 2/28 at Alley Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2010

Inspired by hilarious memories of a childhood etiquette class, playwright Jeffrey Hatcher conjures up the world of a seven-year-old studying manners from the title character. Mrs. Mannerly is a demanding teacher, and no student in her 36 years of etiquette classes has achieved a perfect score. But when he discovers her secret past, Young Jeffrey is determined to be the first. This unique comic tale reveals truths about the face we present and real selves that lie inside. Recommended for general audiences. (more...)

---

Swados' KASPER HAUSER Opens at The Flea 2/28
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2009

The Flea Theater presents the World Premiere of KASPAR HAUSER: a foundling's opera, a music-theater piece by Tony-nominee and Obie-winner Elizabeth Swados and Erin Courtney of 13P. Commissioned by The Flea in 2006, the piece marks Swados return to The Flea, where she previously wrote, composed and directed the long-running hit JABU. Performances of KASPAR HAUSER begin previews on February 13th, with opening night set for February 28th. (more...)

---

The Flea Theater Presents Elizabeth Swados' KASPER HAUSER
by BWW News Desk - Feb 13, 2009

The Flea Theater presents the World Premiere of KASPAR HAUSER: a foundling's opera, a music-theater piece by Tony-nominee and Obie-winner Elizabeth Swados and Erin Courtney of 13P. Commissioned by The Flea in 2006, the piece marks Swados return to The Flea, where she previously wrote, composed and directed the long-running hit JABU. Performances of KASPAR HAUSER begin previews on February 13th, with opening night set for February 28th. (more...)

---

Rare Medieval Hebrew Manuscript on View At The MET, Begins 4/5
by BWW News Desk - Apr 5, 2011

The Washington Haggadah-one of the most important illustrated Hebrew manuscripts preserved in an American public collection and an unprecedented loan from the Library of Congress-will be shown at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning April 5, to coincide with the observance of Passover later that month. (more...)

---

Met Museum to Display Rylands Haggadah, 14th Century Hebrew Manuscript
by BWW News Desk - Apr 4, 2012

An illustrated 14th-century Catalonian haggadah from the collection of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, England, will be displayed in the Gallery for Western European Art from 1050 to 1300 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning March 27. A haggadah is the book used at the Passover seder, the ritual meal that commemorates the exodus of the ancient Israelites from Egypt. Works of art from the Museum's own collection, made for Christian use, but depicting the saga of the Hebrew people, will suggest the larger, medieval context of biblical storytelling in which The Haggadah was created. (more...)

---

 1  2  next »