The Jewish Theater of New York is a theatre company founded in 1994, with the production of One Hundred Gates by playwright/director Tuvia Tenenbom

Tuvia Tenenbom

Tuvia Tenenbom, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, is the Founding Artistic Director of the Jewish Theater of New York, a cutting-edge Jewish theater company and the only English-speaking Jewish theater in New York City...

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, The Jewish Theater of New York is the only English-speaking

English language

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 Jewish theatre company in New York state

New York

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The Theater normally presents between one to two new shows a year in New York City

New York City

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. , its productions are also mounted yearly in Europe

Europe

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The Theater, avant-garde

Avant-garde

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 and experimental

Experimental theatre

Experimental theatre is a general term for various movements in Western theatre that began in the late 19th century as a retraction against the dominant vent governing the writing and production of dramatical menstrophy, and age in particular. The term has shifted over time as the mainstream...

 at times, has been highly acclaimed by local and international critics. Some of its shows, such as Father of the Angels, Love Letters to Adolf Hitler, Diary of Adolf Eichmann, The Suicide Bomber, Love in Great Neck, The Last Virgin, Last Jew in Europe and others, have been written about in much of the Western press (link) and are also studied in universities.

The Jewish Theater of New York was founded by Tuvia Tenenbom, a former Orthodox

Orthodox Judaism

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 rabbi

Rabbi

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External links

• Jewish Theater of New York

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