The Yiddishpiel Theatre will present Hillel Mittelpunkt’s play A Visitor’s Guide to Warsaw, performed in Yiddish, starring Lia Koenig. This will mark Koenig’s first time performing in the Yiddishpiel Theatre. The premiere will take place on June 26, 2013 at ZOA House in Tel Aviv.
Israel prize recipient Lia Koenig is an incredible actor with a strong stage presence. She starred in the original Habima Theatre production of the play in 1999, and returns to reprise the role so many years later.
Mittelpunkt said of this production that “even then, when we …

Malenki Theatre will stage a revival of Hazkena veOseh HaNissim (the old lady and the miracle worker), a play adapted from the works of Daniil Kharms by Boris Yentin and Igor Berezin, translated into Hebrew by Roy Chen and directed by Igor Berezin.
Malenki Theatre first produced the play to critical acclaim in 2003. This month, in celebration of the theatre’s 10th anniversary, the play will be revived for one week only, with the original cast. Two of the cast members, Michael Gluzman and Tania Aya Stolnitz, will be coming to …

The Yiddishpiel Theatre is presenting a tribute to the treasury of songs from the Chabad movement, in the musical evening “Chabad Songs.”
This evening of song embraces the 200 year history of this community, known for its deep connection between prayer and song, the stories and mystique surrounding its leaders.
Chabad songs is written by Avi Koren and Kobi Arieli; directed by Itzhak Shauli; musical arrangements by Ariel Keshet; choreography by Tzachi Patish; cast: Dani Shteg, Kobi Arieli, Ofer Golan, Amir Hillel,
Amnon Fisher, Andrey Kashkear, Jonathan Rozen/Dori Engel and the Cantor Israel …

JAMD – the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance is coming to Jaffa Port this Tuesday, June 18th with a FREE performance of dance. The Academy’s ensemble will perform works from an international dance repertoire of choreographers from England, Israeli, Sweden and the US, as well as student winners of the Gertrude Krauss choreography competition.
It’s a great opportunity to see a new generation of dancers and choreographers in action in a terrific venue – and all for FREE! Jaffa Port Warehouse 2 (Choreographer’s Society venue), Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at …

Tonight, June 16, 2013, the Israel Chamber Orchestra will grace the stage at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, in a concert featuring works by Mozart, Haydn and Israeli composer Aharon Harlap. Enjoy an evening of wonderful singing and, best of all, a pre-concert lecture by pianist and musicologist Anat Sharon.
Aharon Harlap’s song cycle “Pictures from the Private Collection of God” is based on the poetry of Yaakov Barzilai, a Holocaust survivor from Debrecen, Hungary. A number of his poems have been set to music by Harlap, a prolific composer …