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Jul 29, 2020

How Two Nudniks Saved History from the Fire

Vassili Schedrin

The Moscow State Yiddish Theatre archives are available digitally!

Feb 13, 2020

Interview with Joshua Horowitz on the Orchestration of Bas-Sheve

Jake Marmer, John Schott

In February 2019, Josh Horowitz was sent the manuscript of Henekh Kon’s piano and vocal score of the only known pre-Holocaust Yiddish opera, Bas-Sheve.

Nov 06, 2019

Theatre: A Sketch

Jessica Kirzane

Jessica Kirzane’s translation and introduction of Miriam Karpilove’s “Theatre.”

Apr 30, 2019

Dystopia on the Verge: Or Why a 1934 Yiddish Play About Charlie Chaplin Still Matters

Debra Caplan

Somewhere, in an obscure port city in Europe…

Aug 30, 2018

Avrom Fishzon, or the Berdichev Sheherazad

Barbara Henry

The DYTP’s first long form blog post: a reflection on the actor and impresario Avrom Fishzon (1843?–1922).

Long Form

Jul 05, 2018

Zylbercweig’s Leksikon and Selfridges’ Rump Steak: In Memoriam Harry Ariel

David Mazower

In this tale of Łódź and London, David Mazower remembers the Yiddish actor Harry Ariel and a life-changing association with theatre historian Zalmen Zylbercweig.

Feb 12, 2018

Rubber Bullets at False Targets: On Dzigan and Shumacher’s Performance in the Soviet Union

Diego Rotman

Shimen Dzigan and Isroel Schumacher’s professional artistic career began as actors in the experimental Yiddish theatre “Ararat,” in Łódź .

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of its production history would read something like this: “admired, translated, parodied, panned, banned, prosecuted, withdrawn, forgotten, revived, celebrated.”

Aug 03, 2016

Breaking News: Yiddish Theatre Makes Money

Barbara Henry, Alyssa Quint

Reviews of Avrom Goldfaden’s productions in the Russian empire from 1878 until 1883 are notorious for critics’ snarky pot-shots, huffy asides, and sniffy evaluations.

Jan 19, 2016

A Tribute to Sonia Lizaron

Arnold Zable

Delivered at her funeral service, 26 August 2015.

Nov 17, 2015

The Sholem Asch Festival: Poland Rediscovers a Yiddish Dramatist

David Mazower

Every two years around this time I visit the Polish town of Kutno, for the Jewish festival named after my great-grandfather, the Yiddish writer Sholem Asch.

Jun 29, 2015

The Krakow Yiddish Theatre Postcards - a Crowdsourcing Experiment

David Mazower

Think of the pulsating energy of Motown’s dawn in Detroit. Or the soaring sounds of early jazz in New Orleans.

Mar 18, 2015

Russians? Cossacks? Jews? The Russian Imperial Singers Unmasked

David Mazower

Some photographs just make you smile.

Mar 04, 2015

A Writer, a Painter, and Queen Esther

Zachary Baker

For readers of this blog, Purim reminds us that modern Yiddish theatre traces its lineage from the traditional folk drama genre known as the Purim-shpil.

Feb 04, 2015

Goldfaden’s Rules for Yiddish Actors

Joel Berkowitz

In 1888, the first school for Yiddish actors was supposed to open in New York. It never did.

Jan 29, 2015

Ola Lillith’s Edgy, Avant-Garde Yiddish Cabaret

Jane Peppler

I first discovered Ola Lilith while researching for my band Mappamundi’s Cabaret Warsaw CD.

Jan 21, 2015

The Talented Mr Rotblat and His Micrographic Tribute to Jacob Gordin

David Mazower

This is the story behind an exquisite portrait of a Yiddish dramatist.

Dec 21, 2014

“Entertainment”?

Michael Steinlauf

Over the past year, as time has permitted, I’ve been revisiting the subject of theatre in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Eastern Europe

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Theatre: A Sketch

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Apr 30, 2019

Dystopia on the Verge: Or Why a 1934 Yiddish Play About Charlie Chaplin Still Matters

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Avrom Fishzon, or the Berdichev Sheherazad

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Feb 28, 2017

10 Things You Need to Know About God of Vengeance

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Aug 03, 2016

Breaking News: Yiddish Theatre Makes Money

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Jan 19, 2016

A Tribute to Sonia Lizaron

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A Writer, a Painter, and Queen Esther

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Jan 21, 2015

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