Composers & Musicians
October 12, 2018
Hatuey: Memory of Fire—An Interview
As part of our coverage of the recent premiere of Hatuey: Memory of Fire, Joel Berkowitz interviewed members of the production’s creative team about the work’s genesis and influences and much more.
August 24, 2018
Yiddish Theatre is Child’s Play: The One-Act Repertoire Part II
Our current Plotting Yiddish Drama batch gives a taste of the Yiddish one-act plays that were written for children.
May 9, 2018
Yiddish Theatre Stars & Matinee Girls on the Move
You didn’t need to be the Great Gatsby to have a good time in the Roaring Twenties.
September 24, 2017
Something Special for the High Holidays
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.
April 27, 2017
Scoring Indecent
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.
November 20, 2016
London – New York, or The Great British Yiddish Theatre Brain Drain
We Brits Have been sending some of our finest actors across the Atlantic for as long as anyone can remember.