Rothschild Boulevard
The Hebrew Theater presents a historical drama based on the true story of Pannonica Rothschild, a wealthy woman with a cold exterior who breaks free from social constraints in Europe and enters the jazz life of 1950s New York. The play follows her journey toward freedom, her involvement with jazz stars, and her personal struggle between the desire to live according to her conscience and the consequences of her actions on family and society. The production includes a live jazz orchestra on stage.
The Hebrew Theater presents a historical drama based on the true story of Pannonica Rothschild, a wealthy woman with a cold exterior who breaks free from social constraints in Europe and enters the jazz life of 1950s New York. The play follows her journey toward freedom, her involvement with jazz stars, and her personal struggle between the desire to live according to her conscience and the consequences of her actions on family and society. The production includes a live jazz orchestra on stage.
The Bronx Rothschild
The Hebrew Theater presents: The Bronx Rothschild
A powerful historical-human drama set between post-World War II Europe and the jazz world of 1950s New York.
At the heart of the play stands the true story of Pannonica (Nika) Rothschild, a baroness from the legendary Rothschild family. A wealthy, educated woman and mother of five, trapped within a rigid social role: to be the "beautiful face" of family, money, and status. Behind the glittering facade hides a woman without freedom, emotionally oppressed, and controlled by her diplomat husband and her brother, Baron Rothschild, who leads the family.
The turning point comes when she accidentally discovers the music of Thelonious Monk, a brilliant yet marginalized and impoverished jazz pianist. His music shakes her to her core and cracks open her identity. Nika leaves her life in Europe and travels to New York, where she is drawn into the jazz world: a world of genius, addiction, racism, poverty, freedom, and chaos. She becomes a patron of Black musicians, foremost among them pianist Monk and legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. She gives them money, shelter, a piano, freedom to play — and above all, trust and respect. But her involvement, though born of love and a desire to save, quickly spirals: Parker dies in her apartment, Monk gets in trouble with the law, American society refuses to accept the breaking of racial and class barriers, the media celebrates the "corrupted baroness," the family in Europe turns away, and the tension between idealism and reality intensifies. Nika is forced to choose between the name Rothschild and the person she chooses to be. The freedom she grants others collides with personal pain: the children left behind, the marriage that fell apart, and the realization that true freedom is not romantic — it is painful, dangerous, and demands sacrifice.
The production features a live jazz orchestra on stage.
Cast: Neta Plotnik, Gil Weinberg, Gabriel Demidov, Aynus Ayno, Adi Almo, Tubit Samay, Oren Chavot, Yiftach Kaminer, Erez Weiss, Shani Sharim.
