Critically panned but loved by fans worldwide, the show written by Ben Elton with band's tunes tells dystopian tale

26-year-old claims accusations against him by seven students are fabrications and misrepresentations, expulsion motivated by antisemitism

While often panned by critics, play is audience favorite that ran for 10 years on London's West End

Production's arrival underlines warming relations between the countries; Israeli cast welcomed with open arms, Channel 12 says

Eyal Sherf dipped into musicals as a teen, and now acts, sings and lectures about musical theater, offering us a taste of his show

Originally titled 'East Side Story,' the musical was about warring Jews and Catholics and was altered to reflect a changing NYC. Now, critics ask: is the classic truly 'timeless'?

Shuttered by COVID-19, one of the world's top theater scenes is preparing, with hope and apprehension, to welcome audiences back

Celebrated UK actress Maureen Lipman to sing 'Next Year in Jerusalem,' title song in a never-seen show about the female Israeli PM, for Jewish Music Institute's online gala Feb. 11

Refusing to let plans be ruined by pandemic, musical theater-crazy Jerusalem family spend 6 months planning, rehearsing and filming classic in desert for single showing

Son of Jewish-Lithuanian immigrants to South Africa lauded as a 'masterful wordsmith,' 'great lyricist and man of theatre'