Something Special for the High Holidays

Yaschar Aronowicz, My father, participated in Yiddish theatre for three decades, in at least two European cities, Berlin and Paris.

Who in Surabaya would possibly be interested in reading about Yiddish theatre in London’s East End?

“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,”

Paris is known for, among other things, its theatre. Institutions like the Théâtre de l’Odéon and the Comédie-Française, for example, come immediately to mind. Lost to history, however, is Théâtre Lancry: the first and most important site of Yiddish theatre in Paris. First built in 1880, Théâtre Lancry was intended as a small space for community gatherings. It seated […]

Yiddish theatre is alive and well in the City of Light.

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.

An outtake from the play Indecent

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

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

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