A Show Of Mythic Proportions: The Jewish Repertory Theater's musical of Solomon and Sheba is the group's most elaborate production yet.

From: The New York Jewish Week | Date: January 12, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

A Show Of Mythic Proportions: The Jewish Repertory Theater's musical of. Solomon and Sheba is the group's most elaborate production yet.

SUSAN JOSEPHS

Staff Writer

In the Book of Kings, the Queen of Sheba hears of King Solomon's wisdom and travels to Jerusalem to challenge him with complex questions. King Solomon passes and the queen "was left breathless."

Thousands of years later, this legendary king and queen face a more contemporary test: how to leave "breathless" audiences at the Jewish Repertory Theater.

Opening next Sunday, "Sheba," a midrash-turned-musical by Sharleen Cooper Cohen and ...

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