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Backstreet Boys scrap Israel shows due to Gaza crisis

Jewish Journal July 21, 2014

The Backstreet Boys canceled three sold-out concerts in Israel due to the Gaza conflict.

Theater: Musical ‘Boyz’ you won’t find next door

Sarah Price Brown February 8, 2007

Marc Kessler, who conceived the show, along with Ken Davenport, said they first conceptualized a four-person band. But then they realized they could add \”the outsider\” archetype, and who would better fit that than a Jewish character?

Cute, menschy boy bands make traditional tunes cool

Leah Hochbaum November 30, 2006

n June 2005, the Backstreet Boys released \”Never Gone,\” an album filled not with the teeth-rotting pop confections of the group\’s youth, but with songs of a more adult contemporary style.The album\’s relative failure marked a turning point in mainstream music — Backstreet wasn\’t selling, *NSYNC had disbanded and nobody ever really cared what happened to 98 Degrees. The era of the boy band was officially over. In the pop world, that is. In the Orthodox world, it had only just begun.