Performance Practives
April 29, 2024
Tsvishn Falndike Vent: An Interview With Avram Mlotek, Zalmen Mlotek, and Motl Didner
Last November, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene opened its final production of 2023, a musical revue called Amid Falling Walls (Tsvishn Falndike Vent): Unveiling Resilience and Hope During the Holocaust. The production was curated and written by Avram Mlotek, with music curated and arranged by Zalmen Mlotek, and directed by Motl Didner. The Folksbiene’s website explains […]
June 20, 2022
How I Got Five Thousand Dollars from a Theatre Customer
In his memoirs, Menashe Skulnik recalled the many years when he performed in cities outside of New York – including six years in Philadelphia, which he considered to be a theatrical purgatory.
May 24, 2021
Menashe Skulnik Becomes a Star in Buenos Aires
Menashe Skulnik (1892-1970) was one of the great comic actors of the Yiddish theatre, remembered for his trademark porkpie hat and beloved for his schlemiel-like stage persona.
February 24, 2021
Shtetl Gothic on the Virtual Stage: Rokhl Kafrissen’s Shtumer shabes at the Chutzpah Festival
What would it take for a Yiddish theatre production to rival the fame of Sh. An-ski’s The Dybbuk?
February 17, 2021
Being Shmutzik in the COVID Time
Something different from the 2020 AJS meeting.
February 11, 2021
When Corona Came to The Party
What do you do when Coronavirus comes to your birthday party?