SHOW BUSINESS
“Hello Gorgeous” — All about Barbra
MOVIES
Peter Sellers proud to be Jewish (1980)
Elizabeth Taylor called “dangerous” by Arabs (1960)
William Fox: forgotten movie mogul (2019)
Obit: Judy Holliday (1965)
Screenwriting guru Syd Field fades to black (2014)
Some Early Toronto Film Pioneers
Toronto Jewish Film Festival turns 20
Barenboim confuses music baton for magic baton
‘Bushmeat,’ documentary by Dawna Treibicz (2001)
Colourful history of Warner Brothers
Conversation with screenwriter Len Blum
Conversations with Woody Allen
Documentary resumes Oslo-era dialogue
Encounter with David Cronenberg
Exodus Decoded features Toronto’s Indiana Jones
Hester Street, still great after 35 years
House of Sand and Fog’s Vadim Perelman
Legendary Passion: Hellman and Hammett
Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer
Mendelsohn’s memorable Judy Berlin
Moonlight, romance and Jewish songwriters
Obit: Harry Rasky, film pioneer
Palestinian ‘Paradise Now’ – box office bomb
Profile: Gail Carson Levine (Ella Enchanted)
Prince of Egypt transforms the Exodus story
Remembering screenwriter Robert Riskin
Schmelvis: the ‘King’ as Jewish
Victoria Day: Bezmozgis writes, directs film
Yezierska: From the tenement to Hollywood
THEATRE
Broadway’s newest Fiddler is one for the ages (2016)
THE YIDDISH THEATRES: Three thriving playhouses in the Jewish quarter (New York, 1896)
Repentant: A new role for the divine Sarah Bernhardt (1922)
Lawrence Solman, Canada’s Uncrowned Amusement King (1926)
Great-granddaughter writes wonderful bio of playwright Jacob Gordin
(Ari Kedar) An Israeli actor prepares
Bone Button Borscht with Barbara Budd
The Producers generates squirms, laughs
The making of Ragtime the musical
Interview with playwright Jason Sherman
The ageless charm of an Irving Berlin musical
Al Waxman is ‘Lost in Yonkers’
Drabinsky protects Showboat with legal action
Former Yiddish theatre may become heritage site (Toronto)
Interview with playwright Jason Sherman
Jackie Mason: politically incorrect and loving it
Jacob Gordin, the ‘Jewish Shakespeare’
The making of Ragtime the musical
The Merchant of Venice: Hath A Jew Not . . .
Miscellaneous theatre notes (Wallace Shawn et al)
The Potash and Perlmutter stories
Russian Dance: true romance in Stalinist Moscow (Max Rubinoff)
Zangwill’s ‘Melting Pot’ a Century Later
