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May 15, 2017

The Troïm-Teater and Contemporary Yiddish Theatre in Paris

Alexandre Messer

Yiddish theatre is alive and well in the City of Light.
Apr 27, 2017

Scoring Indecent

Lisa Gutkin

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.
Apr 18, 2017

The Stones Outtake

Paula Vogel

On outtake from the play INDECENT.
Apr 06, 2017

Yiddish Drama on the Broadway Stage

Stefanie Halpern

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

Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel

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

Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel

The rehearsals at the National Theatre lasted several weeks, and each one took a heavy toll on me.
Feb 28, 2017

10 Things You Need to Know About God of Vengeance

David Mazower

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of its production history would read something like this: “admired, translated, parodied, panned, banned, prosecuted, withdrawn, forgotten, revived, celebrated.”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

Sholem Asch: God of Vengeance is Not an Immoral Play

David Mazower

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…
Jan 07, 2017

​Brothel Intrigue, with a Modern Twist: Got fun nekome at the New Yiddish Rep

Debra Caplan

The New Yiddish Rep’s production is no period play. The play itself feels remarkably modern, even 110 years later, and the New Yiddish Rep has given *Got fun nekome* a production to match.
Dec 29, 2016

​Journeys Through a Life in the Theatre: Charles Slucki (1948-2015)

David Slucki

“There are no small parts, only small actors,” my dad would tell me…
Dec 23, 2016

Mending The Torn Curtain: A Documentary Film About the First International Yiddish Theatre Festival

Ben Gonshor

Montreal prides itself on being the city of festivals.
Dec 17, 2016

Blogging the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project, Second Anniversary Edition

Debra Caplan

Just over two years ago, our project was, as we wrote at the time, “an experiment.”​