Lifestyle/Community
UJW’s Divas Concert has audience clamouring for more
The Union of Jewish Women’s Divas in Concert on 10 June, produced by Jonathan Birin and directed by Vicky Friedman, was an outstanding evening. The excitement and delight of the audience was palpable in the theatre, and the applause was hearty for the group of talented, professional and entertaining women – and one man!
CINDY KREE AND JONATHAN BIRIN
PHOTOGRAPH: CINDY KREE
Performances included the “Honey” Acapella Girl Group; Lindiwe Bungane (winner of a Naledi Award for Dreamgirls), Carly Graeme from We Will Rock You and Starlight Express, Sivan Raphaely from Rent and We Will Rock You; Sharon Speigel-Wagner from Grease and The Rocky Horror Show; Naami Gottlieb Lieberman, composer and arranger for From the Mouths of Babes; Lorri Strauss (of High School Musical, Spotlight SA, MNet’s Backstage and The Rocky Horror Show);Vicky Friedman, from Chicago, Hairspray and Thoroughly Modern Millie; Grease’s Natasha Millar; and Naledi Award winner Harry Sideropoulos who presented 94.7’s Rude Awakening and participated in Hairspray, Big Band Blast, and No Sugar – Canderel Please.
Proceeds of this event went to the various projects of the UJW Johannesburg which serve both the Jewish and broader communities.