Directors

The auteur director–the great visionary in the mold of a Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, or Reinhardt–did not figure into the early years of the professional Yiddish stage. But it took little time for Yiddish troupes to develop an awareness of those great figures, and for some in those troupes to aspire to, and attain, such levels of artistic authority.

February 4, 2015

Goldfaden’s Rules for Yiddish Actors

In 1888, the first school for Yiddish actors was supposed to open in New York. It never did.

December 15, 2014

Advice from Sidney Lumet’s Yiddish Actor Dad

Sidney Lumet was a legendary director. He was also a child actor in the Yiddish theatre.