Curt Schleier
Beth Lane directed the film “Unbroken,” about her family’s survival in Nazi Germany and their lives after the war.
April 24, 2025, 9:56 am
Survivor siblings remain ‘Unbroken’
New documentary follows all seven who hid outside Berlin, then thrived here
By Curt Schleier
Idina Menzel and Khaila Wilcoxon star in “Redwood.” (Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)
April 17, 2025, 9:54 am
Climbing a tree, nourishing the soul
Theater director Tina Landau seamlessly combines family pedigree and Jewish values
By Curt Schleier
Andy Borowitz
April 10, 2025, 9:52 am
Andy Borowitz said what?
New Yorker humor columnist — and political pundit — is coming to Morristown
By Curt Schleier
Jeremy Neumark Jones is Michael and Oliver Jackson Cohen is Solomon in “The World Will Tremble.” (Courtesy of Vertical)
March 27, 2025, 9:54 am
When the world refused to tremble
Jersey-raised director focuses on 2 Holocaust escapees whose warnings were ignored
By Curt Schleier
“Once a Met, always a Met,” Mr. Shamsky wrote.
March 20, 2025, 9:54 am
Four consecutive homers — and benched
Art Shamsky reflects on that record, Pete Rose, managing in Israel, and the game today
By Curt Schleier
March 13, 2025, 9:56 am
What a bad idea!
Bruce Vilanch, hot off an appearance in Ridgewood, talks to us
By Curt Schleier
In 2000, at the Democratic National Convention, Joseph Lieberman accepts the party’s nomination for vice president. (All photos courtesy “Centered.”)
March 6, 2025, 10:00 am
‘Centered’: A new documentary, to screen locally, profiles Senator Joe Lieberman
By Curt Schleier
Caroline Aron is Maria and Matt Doyle is her son, Bobby, in “Conversations With Mother.” (Photos by Carol Rosegg)
March 6, 2025, 9:56 am
Agita and shpilkes play equal roles
Actress Caroline Aaron offers insights on ‘Conversations With Mother’
By Curt Schleier
Alaina Anderson and Ben Fankhauser (Angel Udelhoven)
January 30, 2025, 9:55 am
Is ‘Mystic Pizza’ headed to Broadway?
A chat with Ben Fankhauser, now featured in Paper Mill production
By Curt Schleier
Gary Gulman (Michaelah Reynolds)
January 30, 2025, 9:54 am
How tall is that first-grader?
Gary Gulman confronts heights, depths in his solo show off Broadway
By Curt Schleier
This is a photo taken in the Lodz ghetto, early on.
January 23, 2025, 9:58 am
Yes, the Jews did resist
Kaplen JCC will screen Paula Apsell’s ‘They Fought Back’
By Curt Schleier
Zalmen Mlotek of Teaneck is the Folksbiene’s artistic director. (All photos courtesy National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene)
January 9, 2025, 9:56 am
‘Soul to Soul’
Zalmen Mlotek’s Black-Jewish collaboration will honor MLK
By Curt Schleier
Mare Winningham, in the center, in red, is the matriarch of the family in “Cult of Love.”
December 25, 2024, 9:57 am
Dancing the ‘Convert Jig’
Mare Winningham discusses her new play, her music, and her choice of Judaism
By Curt Schleier
Evan Oppenheimer wrotte and directed “The Magnificent Meyersons.” (Oppenheimer Dustin McWethy @Dudestin)
December 19, 2024, 9:52 am
An independent filmmaker’s independence
Evan Oppenheimer serves ‘Peas and Carrots’ and a helping of chutzpah
By Curt Schleier
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a clip from “The Bibi Files.” (The Bibi Files)
December 19, 2024, 9:51 am
‘The Bibi Files’
Director discusses the film that accuses Prime Minister Netanyahu of corruption
By Curt Schleier
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