Upcoming Events for May/June 2012


► May 3-21, 2012 at the DC JCC and other venues:  Washington Jewish Music Festival featuring music by Abraham, Inc, Hadag Nahash and others.  For more information:  www.wjmf.org

►Through May 20 at Theater J: :  “The Whipping Man” - 1865, Richmond, Virginia:  two newly freed slaves and the son of their former master – a Jewish Confederate soldier – inhabit the disordered aftermath of the just-concluded War Between the States as they sit down to a Passover seder and examine what it really means to be free.  For more information:  www.theaterj.org

►June 6-July 8, 2012 at Theater J:  “The Man Behind Superman” – Behind every great superhero is a determined creator.  In  1930s America, that creator was usually a young Jewish man with an active imagination.  This play illuminates the story of Jerry Siegel-  the brains behind Superman’s brawn – and the imagined struggle between the creative father and his uber-mensch son.  For more information:  www.theaterj.org