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It's been over a year since the Israeli production of the Off-Broadway musical Ordinary Days, directed by Eidan Lipper, premiered at the Cameri Caffe Theatre in Tel Aviv. A humble New York City setting, four actors and a pianist brilliantly bring Adam Gwon's touching story and beautiful music to this small theatre.

Ever since the New Israeli Opera was created in 1985 there's usually been one guest international production in each of its seasons. This year the Royal Opera of Wallonie from Liege, Belgium, brought its fun production to Tel Aviv, Gioacchino Rossini's opera buffa La Gazzetta (The Magazine) which is presented for the first time in Israel, over 200 years after it was written.

Statistics say that you're probably reading this review on your smartphone, and if you're not it's currently located very close to you. To tackle this modern issue of our addiction to smartphones which have taken over our lives, the multitalented duo Guy Amir and Hanan Savion decided to go back to their theatre roots and created the original comedy 'Halfon 6 - A'alek [so called] musical' for the Incubator Theatre, directed by the theatre's director Arik Eshaet.

A low lit stage, cynical and sluggish leading character, acoustic background music and realistic lyrics are only a few of the reasons why there's no musical more Israeli today than the Jerusalem based Incubator Theatre's fringe rap opera The City. Perhaps that's why for the past four years this show has become such a phenomenon and now not only has new dates for its national tour but also includes performances with its English version.

It has been 26 years since Beit Lessin Theatre last presented the female version of the comedy The Odd Couple, one of Neil Simon's most famous plays, and just like every other classic it doesn't matter how times have since changed- this timeless play is still as funny and great as it has always been.

The Israeli production of BILLY ELLIOT, one of the big winners of the 2016 BroadwayWorld Israel Regional Awards, made a special thank you video in response to their winnings announcement. In the BWW exclusive video Best Younger Actor winner Shon Granot Zilbershtein and Person to Watch winner Sahar Lev-Shomer expressed their excitement and thanked all their fans and BWW readers who voted for them.

It has been over 25 years since the late great playwright Anat Gov has written the play Love of Death as a result of both her parents dying of cancer. Today, a little over four years since she passed away from cancer, Beit Lessin's production of the play at the ZOA House in Tel Aviv is tragically fresh and relevant as ever.

The Israeli Opera presents 'Lucia di Lammermoor' by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, conducted by Daniele Callegari, directed by Javier Ulacia according to the direction of the Israeli Opera's 2012 production by Emilio Sagi and performed by international and Israeli soloists, The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion and The Israeli Opera Chorus conducted by Ethan Schmeisser who will also alternate as the opera's conductor.

For an Opera that is described as dark, intense and ruthless and its plot is filled with murder, betrayal, insanity and death, at its end it might become even more tragic, as expected, but in Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor the journey through all that has many beautiful and captivating moments, especially in this revival of the Israeli Opera's 2012 production, originally directed by Emilio Sagi as the revival director is Javier Ulacia.

In this month's 'Hot Jazz' series' jazz concert, 'Cannonball Adderley's Gold Saxophone', saxophonist Antonio Hart brought his alto saxophone to the Haifa stage for a final show after a week of touring the country with a most talented group of both American and local musicians.

The winners of the 2016 BroadwayWorld Israel Regional Awards were announced yesterday, including big wins for the Israeli production of the musical BILLY ELLIOT and for Habima Theatre. It didn't take long for the reactions from both winners and other nominees to arrive.

Once a month a new jazz concert is presented in various venues around the country for one week as part of the very popular Hot Jazz series, produced by Shamayim productions. In this month's event singer Deborah J. Carter and the Mamelo Gaitanopoulos Sextet brought the greatest hits from the jazz opera Porgy and Bess. Following their week of performances in Jerusalem, Herzliya, Modiin and Tel Aviv, the group reached Haifa with an extraordinary final show.

As previously announced, the Bat Yam Festival of Musicals will begin on December 11 and will nationally premiere three original musicals for the festival's fourth year.

Haifa Theatre's premiering play HUSBANDS AND WIVES opened last Thursday, November 17, in a very festive event.

From the moment you enter the theatre and see the spinning set in Haifa Theatre's stage adaptation of Woody Allen's 1992 film Husbands and Wives you can already feel what a special evening is headed your way with this production, directed by Moshe Naor and adapted by him and Amir Kliger.

The official trailer for this Hanukkah's theatrical circus show of The Dinosaur Circus - A Journey Around the World.

This past Friday night the Kiryat Motzkin Theatre Hall opened its 9th season of the successful classical series 'Classical Excitement', led by music director Gil Shohat, which truly lived up to its distinguished reputation.

The renowned Beit Zvi school of the performing arts has a long history with the internationally acclaimed musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat but since 2007 the musical wasn't revived until this year and it's very clear this production was well worth waiting for.

Beit Zvi School of the Performing Arts brings a flash mob of their JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT upcoming production to Ramat-Gan's Ayalon mall.

From what it looks like in the play The 39 Steps, apparently 4 actors playing dozens of characters are more than enough to create a fun evening filled with laughter, especially when it's presented at the Library (Ha'Sifriya) Theatre in Ramat Gan and directed by Mitko Bozakov.