A Message from Arnold Mittelman After a career in not-for-profit and commercial theater spanning more than 40 years I was honored in 2007 to found the National Jewish Theater / Foundation and in 2010 to assume leadership of its Holocaust Theater International...
Harmony
The Comedian Harmonists, the first sensational boy band, were six talented young men who came together in 1920s Germany and took the world by storm with their signature blend of sophisticated close harmonies and uproarious stage antics, sold millions of records, starred in a dozen films and packed the houses of the most prestigious concert halls around the globe until the world they knew forever changed. Their story inspired longtime collaborators, the legendary Barry Manilow and theatre veteran Bruce Sussman, to create the original score. Production ran on Broadway in NYC from 11/8/23-2/4/24.
Format: Musical
Cast Size:14M/8F
Snapshot
Original or Prominent Production:
La Jolla Playhouse, November 1997; Alliance Stage, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013.
La Jolla Playhouse, November 1997; Alliance Stage, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English
Experience(s) Chronicled: Germany, Hitler and the Growth of Nazism
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Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Jewish Theater Foundation presented its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to Alfred Uhry. The presentation took place as part of the Lincoln Center Library event on January 27th 2025 in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
Lifetime Achievement Award
On September 30, 2024, French playwright, Mr. Jean Claude Grumberg received the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented by NJTF HTII President, Arnold Mittelman with Dominique Trimbur, PhD-Manager for the History of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Teaching of the Holocaust of Fondation Pour La Memoir de la Shoah Project.