Yael Shuv has been the chief film critic at 'Time Out Tel Aviv' since the publication of its first issue in 2002. Having graduated from New York University with a master's degree in cinema studies, she teaches film courses at the Open University of Israel. She has served as an artistic advisor for the Israeli Film Fund and as a juror in International film festivals such as Locarno, Venice and Rotterdam. She also loves Verdi, Puccini and Wagner, as well as Gershwin and Sondheim. Her children's book The Ice Cream Princess was published in Israel in 2011.
Yevgeni Onegin is a truly great opera, titled after a male character that inflicts tragedy.
Whereas most heroes fall desperately in love at first sig...
Mozart's "The Magic Flute" offers its own challenges. Along with some of the most beautiful music ever composed, there are also quite a few spoken dia...
Unlike the more popular Charles Gounod version, Vincenzo Bellini's opera, recounting the woeful story of Juliet and her Romeo, has never before been p...
Teibele and Her Demon first appeared in 1963 in the form of a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer. It tells of a 33-year-old Jewish woman whose husba...
Frank Wedekind's bitter play about the sexual awakening of 14 years old kids in puritanical Germany was written in 1891 and left an indelible mark on ...
Hanoch Levin, Israel's most revered playwright, died 20 years ago. His demise did not affect his popularity and his plays are constantly performed. Hu...
Five years ago, Talya Lavie's biting comedy about a unit of bored female soldiers in a remote desert base became a monster hit in Israel. Watching the...
Third time's a charm. The third production of the Tel Aviv's new musical theatre is, well, charming. Andrew Lloyd Webber's lively musical version of R...
At long last Tel Aviv has a new theatre, solely dedicated to musicals. While the idea is tantalizing, the execution is still far from satisfactory. Ch...
