People
Meet the people who made Yiddish theatre happen: on stage, behind the scenes, and in the audience.
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.
September 11, 2017
Yaschar: My Father’s Life in Yiddish Theatre
Yaschar Aronowicz, My father, participated in Yiddish theatre for three decades, in at least two European cities, Berlin and Paris.
August 8, 2017
Yiddish Opera at the Standard Theatre, London 1895
Who in Surabaya would possibly be interested in reading about Yiddish theatre in London’s East End?
July 20, 2017
The Grand Street Theatre: A Modern Playhouse Built for Old-fashioned Shund
“A note of patriotic fervor, mingled with the pride of local achievement marked the opening of the new Grand Theatre, at Chrystie and Grand streets, last night,”
May 15, 2017
The Troïm-Teater and Contemporary Yiddish Theatre in Paris
Yiddish theatre is alive and well in the City of Light.
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.







