Subjects

Yiddish theatre and drama have explored all of the major themes and issues relating to the Jewish experience from medieval times to the present.


April 18, 2017

The Stones Outtake

An outtake from the play Indecent
April 6, 2017

Yiddish Drama on the Broadway Stage

From its beginnings, New York’s Yiddish theatre intersected with the mainstream English-language stage.
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.
February 28, 2017

10 Things You Need to Know About God of Vengeance

A Twitter summary of its production history would read something like this: “admired, translated, parodied, panned, banned, prosecuted, withdrawn, forgotten, revived, celebrated.”
January 16, 2017

Sholem Asch: God of Vengeance is Not an Immoral Play

Because of the wrong interpretation of my play, *The God of Vengeance*, now running at the Apollo Theatre, I wish to make the following statement…