1876-1899


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?
March 22, 2017

​“I would have run away, but there was only one path for me – onto the stage”: Bertha Kalich at the Romanian National Theatre, Part II

When I finished the performance, I kept asking Spachner and Hirsh, “where did the rotten onions go?”
March 13, 2017

“I would have run away, but there was only one path for me – onto the stage”: Bertha Kalich at the Romanian National Theatre, Part I

The rehearsals at the National Theatre lasted several weeks, and each one took a heavy toll on me.
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.
August 3, 2016

Breaking News: Yiddish Theatre Makes Money

Reviews of Avrom Goldfaden’s productions are notorious for critics’ snarky pot-shots, huffy asides, and sniffy evaluations.
June 29, 2015

The Krakow Yiddish Theatre Postcards – a Crowdsourcing Experiment

Think of the pulsating energy of Motown’s dawn in Detroit. Or the soaring sounds of early jazz in New Orleans.