David Meyers
ARTICLES BY: David Meyers
A Musical Theatre Genius — in His Own Voice
Review of Maury Sings Yeston (PS Classics, 2020). Maury Yeston's Nine is one of the greatest musical theatre scores ever written. His other work includes the...
Two New Books Examine the Heyday of the Broadway Theater
Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer's Journey by Bob Avian (University Press of Mississippi, 2020). The Understudy by Ellen Tovatt Leary (Hansen Publishing, 2020). Bob Avian is not...
The Lasting and Malicious Legacy of Roy Cohn
Roy Cohn was many things: a liar, lawyer, manipulator, provocateur, and criminal. But was he also a victim? In her new film, Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story...
A Message to President Trump: Nothing Is More Important Than Preserving Life, Certainly Not the Economy
The primary value in Judaism and every religion is preserving life -- not the stock market, the economy, or a president's re-election bid. Preserving life. But...
In This Los Angeles and New York Play, the Laughter Never Stops
If you want to laugh, I have the answer for you: see The Play That Goes Wrong, now running at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre through...
‘Indecent’ Explores Theatrical — and Jewish — History
Paula Vogel's play Indecent, which premiered on Broadway in 2017, is now playing in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre through July 7. It is,...
Donald Trump Isn’t Entitled to Support; He Must Earn It
Now that Donald Trump has been elected president, many argue that he is entitled to the full support of the American people. I respectfully disagree. Throughout...
Donald Trump’s Attacks on the Media Encourage and Support Antisemitism
It has become Donald Trump's most famous refrain: the "media" is rigging the election. This, of course, is the same media that is responsible for the...
The GOP Cave-In on Trump
Last week, Ted Cruz endorsed the man who claimed his father helped kill John F. Kennedy. And with that, the GOP cave-in is now complete....
‘Bad Jews’ Makes Audiences Laugh and Think in Teaneck, New Jersey
In 2013, the play Bad Jews premiered off-Broadway. It dealt with assimilation, intermarriage and every major issue facing the Jewish community today. It was also...
A Theatrical Look at Diplomacy and the Oslo Accords (REVIEW)
Is diplomacy worthwhile, even if the end result isn't what we hoped for? That is the question, among many others, posed by the new play Oslo, by J.T....
100 Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian Students Meet in ‘War for the Environment’
Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian alumni of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies have convened for a three day seminar in the north of Israel, starting Thursday. Around...
Why an Algemeiner Editor Wrote a Play About a Mass Shooter
For the past two years, I have served as Opinion Editor at The Algemeiner. I'm perhaps most proud of the paper's commitment to publishing diverse...
Kutsher’s Documentary an Amazing, and Tragic, Look at the Past (REVIEW)
Anyone who spent time in the Jewish Catskills hotels - especially those like me, who returned for decades - must see the new documentary,"Welcome to...
