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.