Beit Lessin Theater ( he, תיאטרון בית ליסין,
translit
Informal or ''ad hoc'' romanizations of Cyrillic have been in use since the early days of electronic communications, starting from early e-mail and bulletin board systems. : ''Teatron Bet Lessin'') is a theater in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
.
History
The theater was established in 1980 by
Yaakov Agmon
Yaakov Agmon ( he, יעקב אגמון; June 24, 1929 – December 16, 2020) was an Israeli theater producer, manager, and director.
Biography
Yaakov Agmon grew up in Tel Aviv, and was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. He later m ...
for the
Histadrut
Histadrut, or the General Organization of Workers in Israel, originally ( he, ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל, ''HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael''), is Israel's national trade union center ...
.
Over the years the theater has shown over a thousand contemporary American and European plays, as well as original productions. In 1993,
Zippi Pines started managing the theater. It was separated from the Histadrut and started showing mostly original Israeli material reflecting the political and social situation in Israel.
In 2003, the theater moved from Lessin House to the old residence of the Cameri Theater after it was remodeled. This venue having more seats allowed larger and more expensive plays to be produced, such as ''
Chicago
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'' and ''
Guys and Dolls
''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also b ...
''.
The theater's production "Mikveh" won the Israeli Theater Prize in 2005.
In 2020, the theater hosted the finish for ''
HaMerotz LaMillion 8
''HaMerotz LaMillion 8'', also known as ''HaMerotz LaMillion: All Stars'', is the eighth season of '' HaMerotz LaMillion'' ( he, המירוץ למיליון, ''lit.'' The Race to the Million), an Israeli reality television game show based on the ...
''.
See also
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Theater of Israel
The roots of the culture of Israel developed long before modern Israel's independence in 1948, and traces back to ancient Israel ( 1000 BCE). It reflects Jewish culture, Jewish history in the diaspora, the ideology of the Zionist movement that de ...
References
External links
Beit Lessin English Homepage
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Theatre companies in Israel
Theatres in Tel Aviv
Arts organizations established in 1978