LPTW Will Hold a Memorial Honoring Former League Members
The League of Professional Theatre Women (Shellen Lubin and Catherine Porter, Co-Presidents), an organization which has been championing women in the professional theatre for over three decades, is mourning the loss of eight league members who passed away in 2019.
Photo Coverage: Mark William Leads a Benefit for The Actors' Temple
Carol Ostrow and the Actors Temple recently celebrated their 103rd year with a Fall Benefit for the temple, featuring Mark William, COME CROON WITH ME. Mark William, an incredibly talented young singer and dancer who frequently appears on New York stages, performed the beautiful shul on 47th Street on Monday, November 18, 2019.
Asperger's Performer and Activist Dylan Rothbein to Speak at The Actors' Temple
Acclaimed performer, activist and filmmaker Dylan Rothbein will be speaking at The Actors' Temple (339 West 47th Street, New York NY 10036) at 8 p.m. on Friday, February 9 along with author Rob Bernstein (Uniquely Normal: Tapping the Reservoir of Normalcy to Treat Autism) to discuss his experiences identifying as Asperger's.
Entertainers to Be Honored at Actors' Temple Annual Gala YOU AIN'T HEARD NOTHING YET
Tony Babino, performer Carol Ostrow and the Actors' Temple Board of Directors are celebrating their 101st year honoring the historic entertainers who have passed through their doors, with their annual gala YOU AIN'T HEARD NOTHIN' YET. Entertainers past and present will commemorate this mecca of modern Jewish culture, including Tony Babino, George Bettinger, Sir Frank London and Friends and special guest Star of the Yiddish Theatre, Joanne Borts. The gala takes place on Monday, March 19, 2018 at 6:30 pm in the Barbra Streisand and Milton Berle rooms of another hub of entertainment greats, the Friar's Club (57 East 55 Street, NYC). Tickets vary in prices and are available at www.theactorstemple.org/events.
Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble presents THE LAST JEW OF BOYLE HEIGHTS
A toy factory on the industrial edge of the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Two survivors ( a Holocaust survivor and a young Mexican illegal immigrant) meet in a world filled with fears of deportation, low wages, poor working conditions, and a struggle for the vanishing American dream.
Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble to Present THE LAST JEW OF BOYLE HEIGHTS
A toy factory on the industrial edge of the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Two survivors (a Holocaust survivor and a young Mexican illegal immigrant) meet in a world filled with fears of deportation, low wages, poor working conditions, and a struggle for the vanishing American dream.
BWW Review: Anna Bergman Celebrates the Love Songs of Richard Rodgers at Enjoyable Gala to Benefit The Actor's Temple
On the evening of March 21, veteran vocalist and stage actress Anna Bergman presented a program called Falling In Love With Love, featuring the romantic songs of Richard Rodgers to support the Actors' Temple (339 West 47th Street) at its 3rd Annual Fundraising Gala, one year shy of Congregation Ezrath Israel's centennial (that's the official name of the synagogue). Prior to Bergman's show (produced by recently elected Temple Board President Carol Ostrow), Rabbi Jill Hausman and outgoing Temple Board President Robert Reicher, both of whom received awards, gave warm and funny speeches, making eminently clear why the Actors' Temple is known as “the Cool Shul.”
The Actors' Temple Announces ARTS @ AT Series, with Comedy, Music & More
In celebrating the New Year 5776, The Actors' Temple, founded in 1917 and located in a landmark building in the heart of the theater district since 1923, introduces a new initiative ARTS @ AT, to reinforce their historic commitment to serving Jewish theater artists and maintaining a relationship with the surrounding NYC arts community. Sophie Tucker, Red Buttons, Jack Benny and the Three Stooges are among the scores of well-known entertainers who frequented its striking halls. The Actors' Temple is located at 339 West 47th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenue.
Photo Coverage: Adrienne Haan Performs FROM BERLIN TO BROADWAY at the ACTORS TEMPLE
Cabaret had it's beginnings in Germany, so I guess it was "Bashert" (yiddish - meant to be) that the German and Romanian Ambassadors were among those that filled the Actors Temple last night to hear acclaimed European Cabaret Star Adrienne Haan perform. As Rabbi Jill Hausman pointed out in her opening remarks, "actors have always used their talents to raise money for the historic shul".
Photo Coverage: SONG OF SOLOMON Presented at The Actors' Temple
Where else to present a concert version of a new, original Broadway musical titled "Song Of Solomon than at the Actors' Temple. The historic building, constructed in 1923, has been designated a national landmark and the synagogue has been home to many of the greats in show business. Some of it's members and congregants were Al Jolson, Edward G. Robinson, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Henny Youngman, Eddie Cantor and countless other lesser-known actors, comedians, singers, playwrights, composers, musicians, writers, dancers and theatrical agents. Academy Award winner Shelley Winters kept the High Holy Days in the Actors Temple. as well as The Three Stooges, and Harpo Marx who attended services. Ed Sullivan, whose wife Sylvia Weinstein was Jewish, was also a member.
Broadway & Cabaret Community Celebrate The Actors Temple in 2013 Concert Benefit Today
The Best of Broadway & Cabaret come out in support of the Actors' Temple, (est. 1917) tonight, Monday, November 18, 2013 at 7:00 PM. The Fourth Annual Concert Fundraiser will take place at the Temple, 339 West 47th Street. This musical celebration will benefit the theater district historic landmark which has been struggling to survive in recent years.