Are children doomed to repeat the sins of their parents, or can they escape the cycle of negativity and start fresh? Theater J’s workshop presentation of Motti Lerner’s powerful play The Admission examines this ageless question through the lens of the ongoing Israeli-Palestine conflict. The audience looks through the eyes of injured Israeli veteran Giora […]
Archives for March 28, 2014
Aladdin, lavish and opulent
Before you decide whether or not you want to see Disney’s big new musical Aladdin I’m going to let you in on what it is, and what it isn’t. For starters, it’s playing in the magnificent New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street which Disney brought back to life in 1997, having restored from decay and […]