"אה, ג'רוסלם" - מחזמר מקורי חדש באנגלית בבית שמואל

חדש בירושלים מחזמר מקורי באנגלית
"אה ג'רוסלם!"

For the first time in 3000 years –Jerusalem’s cultural scene now includes an original time-traveling musical (in English) full of romance, comedy, and history

Bernie Kukoff, Danny Paller & Bimot 10 present:

Ah, Jerusalem!
Appearing every Sunday and Thursday evening, 8pm
at Beit Shmuel, 6 Shama Street, Jerusalem
beginning February 21, 2013
information & tickets reservations
www.bimot.co.il 02-6237000

Falling in love. Escaping danger. Changing history. All this – and their visit to Jerusalem only lasted three days… Meet the Axelrod family of Indianapolis in this new musical that anyone who lives in Jerusalem, is visiting Jerusalem, or simply loves Jerusalem will enjoy

Produced and directed by Bernie Kukoff,
producer of “The Cosby Show”
and Broadway/off-Broadway shows
(including “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change”)

Charlie and Madeline Axelrod and their teen-age daughter Robin are packed to go on vacation to Mexico when Charlie gets a nighttime “vision” from his ancestral Uncle Mordechai imploring Charlie to go on a mission to Jerusalem to retrieve a family treasure. And so begins the adventures of the Axelrods of Indianapolis, as they travel through centuries – encountering love in the time of King Solomon, danger in the time of the Crusades, and a “ticket to history” in the Jerusalem bus station circa 1920. The show is full of humor and twists, as the Axelrods experience a high-energy, transformational journey through Jerusalem.

Featuring: Nitzan Sitzer, Roni Yacobovitz, Miri Fraenkel, Josh Bloomberg, Lev Kerzhner, Gady Weissbart, Rosie Richman

Original play by: Bernie Kukoff, Lucille Lichtblau & Alan Gelb
Director: Bernie Kukoff
Original score & lyrics and musical director: Danny Paller
Set design: Michael Kramenko
Costume design: Frieda Klapholtz Avrahami & Michal Yaakobi
Lighting: Eli Kaplan-Wildmann
Choreography: Ofra Idel Ruby Edelman,; and Yaeli Greenblatt
Producers: Bernie Kukoff, Danny Paller & Bimot 10
General manager: Daniel Alter

Show duration: approximately 75 minutes without a break
(The musical will be subtitled in different languages, with prior arrangement)

Special rates for groups – additional information: Tovit – 050-2076693

BERNIE KUKOFF (Producer-Director-Writer) has produced five Broadway and off-Broadway shows, including “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” (the second-longest-running musical in off-Broadway history), “The Thing About Men” (2004 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical), and “All Shook Up”. A graduate of The Yale School of Drama, Mr. Kukoff began his career as an off-Broadway actor and a performer at the Williamstown Summer Theatre and the Second City Comedy Troupe. He worked for 28 years in Los Angeles, where he was a creator/producer/writer of TV series ("The Cosby Show," "Diff'rent Strokes," "Rags to Riches," "Joe and Sons," "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour," "Jimmy Durante/Lennon Sisters Show," "The Everly Brothers Show," "The Roger Miller Show," ), TV specials (with Milton Berle, Howard Cosell, Steve Allen, Phyllis Diller), and a Hollywood film “Johnny Dangerously” (starring Michael Keaton) and the TV film “Lt. Shuster’s Wife”, for which he won the Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Writers Award. In Israel he co-produced “Glow” starring Lior Kalfon.

DANNY PALLER (Producer-Music Director-Composer/Lyricist) wrote the musical “The Creation”, which was produced in 50 cities across the U.S., and “Purim Rock!”, an animated Israeli television special with translation by Ehud Manor. He has composed theater music for “The Dybbuk,” “Table for Two,” “The Binding of Isaac,” and “Eli the Fanatic,” has composed instrumental and choral works (Bestiaire, Piano Sonato, Preludes for Cello, I Made My Song a Coat), and will soon premiere a new musical-theater work (“DAnGEr”) about women pirates. A graduate of Harvard and Yale, Mr. Paller has lived in Israel for 27 years and has created educational programs for Sesame Street, the Mandel Leadership Institute, the Nesiya Institute, Jerusalem Multimedia Productions (JeMM), the Eli & Bessie Cohen Foundation, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, and various museum projects.