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Jan 09, 2018

Revival and Homage Productions of Yiddish Theatre

Mark Slobin

There’s something about the popular entertainment of the 1880s-1930s that draws people to fool around with creative ways of making it contemporary.
Dec 11, 2017

Goodbye, Columbia: A Yiddish Playwright and the German Stage

Sonia Gollance

Pinski came to prominence as a Yiddish writer and playwright, yet his connection to German theatre and cultural life was strong.
Nov 27, 2017

Perla Rozenblum: A Porteño Life in Yiddish Theatre

C. Tova Markenson

Why is it that I love the theatre so much? Because my parents, in Poland, went to the theatre a lot.
Oct 17, 2017

My Zylbercweig

Joel Berkowitz

Zalmen Zylbercweig blazed a path that all subsequent students of Yiddish theatre history follow…
Oct 09, 2017

Zalmen Zylbercweig, Shnorer-historian of the Yiddish Theatre

Faith Jones

When Zalmen Zylbercweig, died in 1972, he was 77, and just about to finish Volume 7 of his Encyclopedia of Yiddish Theatre, which he had been working on for 54 years.
Sep 24, 2017

Something Special for the High Holidays

Judith Thissen

Kol Nidre on Broadway, a cantor with a voice that sounds like fifty canaries, and other High Holiday gigs in turn-of-the-century New York City.
Sep 11, 2017

Yaschar: My Father’s Life in Yiddish Theatre

Annette Aronowicz

​Yaschar Aronowicz, my father, participated in Yiddish theatre for three decades, in at least two European cities, Berlin and Paris. All I have managed to salvage thus far is a letter, a biographical
Aug 08, 2017

Yiddish Opera at the Standard Theatre, London 1895

Judith Thissen

Who in Surabaya would possibly be interested in reading about Yiddish theatre in London’s East End?
Jul 20, 2017

The Grand Street Theatre: A Modern Playhouse Built for Old-fashioned Shund

Judith Thissen

The opening of the Grand Theatre brought together, gallery gods, an up-and-coming shund writer, and Jacob Adler.
May 29, 2017

Théâtre Lancry: The Center of Yiddish Paris

Nick Underwood

Paris is known for, among other things, its theatre. But what about Yiddish theatre?
May 15, 2017

The Troïm-Teater and Contemporary Yiddish Theatre in Paris

Alexandre Messer

Yiddish theatre is alive and well in the City of Light.
Apr 27, 2017

Scoring Indecent

Lisa Gutkin

Lisa Gutkin details the living and breathing aspect of music composition, what it means to strike the right tone, and how melodies appear, disappear, and reappear.