Leeds Playhouse has today released the highly anticipated production photos from its spectacular staging of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! now open in its Quarry theatre until Saturday 27 January.
The Virginia High School Rodeo Association hosted Battle on the Border, where students from Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia fought hard to win.
Giles Howe has a story to tell about two Jewish homelands.
The first is Israel, which he first encountered, like many Millennial Jews, on a Taglit Birthright trip. On his return realizing he “knew very little about a lot” he decided to explore his heritage to find where he belonged. He soon discovered that Israel was not the only Jewish Promised Land of the last century.
“I was reading an article and I saw a footnote that mentioned Birobidzhan,” Howe, a 36-year-old musical theater writer from Hampshire, England, now living in Daytona, Florida, said on a Zoom call. “I was fascinated that this place existed and there was an entirely parallel national narrative.”
SOVIET ZION Original Concept Album Released
This feature-length operatic radio play telling an original story inspired by the curious history of Siberia’s Jewish Autonomous Region.by BWW News Desk
The Concept Album of the new musical drama SOVIET ZION is available online today, January 15th 2021. This feature-length operatic radio play telling an original story inspired by the curious history of Siberia s Jewish Autonomous Region is the debut recording of the long-awaited, lavish and ambitious score showcasing twelve exceptional vocalists and featuring unique bonus material.
Featuring a book by Giles Howe with Roberto Trippini and music by Giles Howe and Katy Lipson, the new contemporary opera SOVIET ZION explores the intertwining lives of pioneers who each move to Siberia participating in the real-life movement to establish there the first Jewish homeland of the modern era - a Yiddish-speaking, socialist utopia. Challenged by the unexpected reality they must face, great sacrif