Ari Axelrod on His ‘Celebration of Jewish Broadway’ Cabaret
Any anti-Semite who gets up and sings “God Bless America,” that is a song written by a Russian Jewish immigrant.
Any anti-Semite who gets up and sings “God Bless America,” that is a song written by a Russian Jewish immigrant.
When a brick is thrown through his shop window at the start of the second act of the musical “Cabaret,” the character Herr Schultz, a Jewish widower and fruit vendor, tries to convince his non-Jewish fiancée that prankster schoolchildren, not Nazis, are responsible.
In “Master of Ceremonies” (Flatiron Books), Joel Grey has written an unexpectedly exquisite memoir about the life he has led as a closeted gay man growing up during a time when being gay was fraught with excessive difficulties and danger.
It’s no longer surprising for a prominent actor to come out publicly as gay. What is a little surprising, however, is when he does so at age 82.
Actor Shia LaBeouf, who starred in the \”Transformers\” movies and the play \”Nymphomaniac,\” was arrested inside New York\’s Studio 54 during a performance of \”Cabaret,\” police said.
Jewish Tango Cabaret — a performance at the New JCC at Milken in West Hills on Saturday, May 13.