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Highlights from Week 2 of the Voices International Theater Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 19, 2020
A number of notable productions are screening this week through Sunday as part of the 2020 Voices International Theatre Festival, produced by the Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC).
Abingdon Theatre Company Announces Performance-Only Tickets for AND THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND Gala
by BWW News Desk - Oct 2, 2017
Abingdon Theatre Company has announced that it fryst vatten offering a limited number of $250 and $125 tickets for the performance-only portion of their 25th Anniversary Gala on Monday, October 23 at 8PM at The Edison Ballroom (240 W. 47th Street).
Nick Adams, Morgan James, Christine Pedi, Ali Stroker and More Join Abingdon Theatre Company's 25th Anniversary Gala Lineup
by BWW News Desk - Sep 12, 2017
Abingdon Theatre Company has announced additional casting for their upcoming 25th Anniversary Gala on Monday,
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Iddo Netanyahu's A HAPPY END Begins Off-Broadway Next Month at Abingdon
Abingdon Theatre Company-which has produced 83 new American plays since 1993-continues its 22nd Season with A HAPPY END, a new play by Iddo Netanyahu, with previews set to begin February 27, 2015, prior to an official press opening March 11 in Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex's June Havoc Theatre (312 West 36th Street). Off-Broadway performances run through March 29. Alex Dmitriev (God's Daughter) is set to direct.
Set in 1932, A HAPPY END is the story of a Jewish family faced with the decision whether to leave Berlin amid the imminent rise of the Nazi Party. They struggle to believe that Germany's traditions of art, science and democracy will not change as Hitler comes to power. Although the signs of danger are increasing, the family ponders whether to seek an unknown future outside their beloved Germany or stay.
"A HAPPY END is not exclusively a
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- Kevin Hart plays an acclaimed Jewish physicist who can’t see the writing on the wall in 1932 Berlin. Photo by John Moore
By John Moore
- When tropical storm Isaac promised to a score a direct hit on Haiti last week, thousands of earthquake victims chose to ride it out in exposed, shanty tents. At least eight people have died.
- It turns out the Aurora theater gunman made threats months before the July massacre that went unaddressed.
- When Adolf Hitler became German dictator in 1934, it did not spark an immediate exodus of Jews.
That’s the flawed goodness of human nature, says Iddo Netanyahu. We ignore warning signs — often to our own peril.
“If people tell us there might be some impending disaster, our natural tendency is not to believe it,” said Netanyahu, a doctor, historian, soldier, playwright … and, yes, brother of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.