Curt Schleier
Elon Gold performs at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan.
September 5, 2024, 9:46 am
Mining comedy Gold
Elon Gold will bring his brand of defiant humor to NJPAC in Newark
By Curt Schleier
Simon Rich and his latest book.
August 22, 2024, 9:54 am
A wealth of humor from Simon Rich
Our correspondent talks with an author basking in his ‘Glory Days’
By Curt Schleier
Robert Smigel as Rabbi Bruce and Jason Schwartzman as Ben Gottlieb in “Between the Temples” Sean Price Williams/Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)
August 15, 2024, 9:54 am
‘Between the Temples’
Our correspondent talks to Nathan Silver, who has directed a very specific kind of very Jewish movie
By Curt Schleier
Susan Seidelman (Snowbird Films)
July 18, 2024, 10:00 am
Desperately seeking Susan — Seidelman, that is
Film director, onetime nice Jewish girl, writes memoir about her life in the movies
By Curt Schleier
Lilly Brett, glamorous in red at right, is with actor Stephen Fry, producer Fabian Gasmia, and director-co-screenwriter Julia von Heinz.
July 3, 2024, 9:56 am
True stories to treasure
Our correspondent talks to a daughter of Holocaust survivors, rock journalist Lily Brett
By Curt Schleier
Max Wolkowitz is Seth and Lauren Singerman is his sister Rachel in “The Sabbath Girl: A New Musical.” (Dorice Arden Madronero)
June 27, 2024, 8:54 am
From Leonia to just off Broadway — so far
Playwright Cary Gitter looks close to home for ‘The Sabbath Girl’
By Curt Schleier
Jacob Ben-Shmuel is in “Beautiful” at the Paper Mill Playhouse.
June 13, 2024, 9:58 pm
What’s in a name? … acting, auditioning
Jacob Ben-Shmuel appears at and looks beyond the Paper Mill
By Curt Schleier
Chelly at home, doing business, in a typical pose. (Courtesy of the Wilson family)
June 6, 2024, 3:12 pm
Being decidedly different
A daughter sort-of explains one-of-a-kind Chelly Wilson, Queen of the Deuce
By Curt Schleier
David Broza
May 30, 2024, 9:56 am
Getting to ‘Yihye Tov’
David Broza talks about peace, the past, his grandfather, the future, pain, and hope
By Curt Schleier
Steven Skybell is Herr Schultz, and Bebe Neuwirth is Fraulein Schneider in the new “Cabaret” on Broadway. (Marc Brenner)
May 9, 2024, 9:55 am
A second fiddler no more
Yiddish Tevya Steven Skybell is Tony-nominated for ‘Cabaret’
By Curt Schleier
Ari Hest (Ari Hest)
May 2, 2024, 9:54 am
It’s both ethical and entertaining
Ari Hest talks about the revived folk concerts in Teaneck
By Curt Schleier
Erik Kahn
April 25, 2024, 9:57 am
The grisly reality of ‘Canned Goods’
Lawyer/painter/playwright’s work about the Nazis to debut in Jersey
By Curt Schleier
Trevor Osfeld and his father, Scott, are in Warsaw together.
April 18, 2024, 9:59 am
Messi the cat comes back
Father and son return from a relief visit to Ukraine with the idea for a children’s book
By Curt Schleier
Kathy Sanders, who lost two grandchildren in the bombing, and Daniel Coss, the Oklahoma City police officer who found their bodies, stand near the bomb site. (Marc Levin)
April 18, 2024, 9:51 am
‘An American Bombing’
Jewish filmmaker explores the root causes of the Oklahoma City explosion
By Curt Schleier
Eszterhas, center, is on the set of “Music Box” with director Costa-Gavras and actress Jessica Lange.
March 28, 2024, 9:53 am
Family secrets, writ large
Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, spurred by October 7,  reveals his father’s Nazi collaboration
By Curt Schleier
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