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.
- Advertising
- Film
- Holocaust
- Literature
- Musical Theatre
- Performance Practices
- Places of Performances
- Politics
- Religion
- Research Methods
- Radio
- Theatre Troupes
- Women in Yiddish Theatre
May 18, 2015
Audiences are Idiots
One of the hardest problems in theatre studies is understanding audiences response.
April 28, 2015
Matzah and Melodrama: Nahum Stutchkoff’s Yiddish Song Lyrics
Nahum Stutchkoff (1893-1965) was a beloved Yiddish radio personality, playwright, lyricist and linguist who created dramas and commercials for WEVD radio.
March 18, 2015
Russians? Cossacks? Jews? The Russian Imperial Singers Unmasked
SOME PHOTOGRAPHS JUST make you smile, and this is one of them. When I first saw it I thought it was a group of adults dressed up for the Jewish festival of Purim. That would explain the Cossack-style costumes and the (real or fake?) comedy store moustaches. In fact, although it’s not a Purim photo, that […]
March 4, 2015
A Writer, a Painter, and Queen Esther
Purim reminds us that modern Yiddish theatre traces its lineage from the traditional folk drama genre known as the Purim-shpil.
February 4, 2015
Goldfaden’s Rules for Yiddish Actors
In 1888, the first school for Yiddish actors was supposed to open in New York. It never did.
January 29, 2015
Ola Lillith’s Edgy, Avant-Garde Yiddish Cabaret
I first discovered Ola Lilith while researching for my band Mappamundi’s Cabaret Warsaw CD.