The Kulturfest calendar is happily overflowing with opportunities to enjoy Yiddish-language film. Not surprisingly, there are numerous documentary bows to the dear departed Yiddish theater of Second ...

To BE or not to be — ” The actor pauses for effect, then moves downstage. “Let it be, that’s what we paid for!” shouts an old man in the orchestra. Othello gestures to Desdemona, boards a gondola — ...

BRATTLEBORO — At 8 p.m. Aug. 8, Isle of Klezbos will perform klezmer fusion to film at Epsilon Spires. Isle of Klezbos performs music inspired by Yiddish cinema soundtracks as well as exhibiting ...

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Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The films include THE DYBBUK; TEVYA (starring Maurice Schwartz, based on the ...

In 1950, the great actor, producer and Yiddish theater impresario Maurice Schwartz closed down his Yiddish Art Theater in New York. Demand for Yiddish theater had waned. That same year, what were ...

Lucy Gherman had a long and winding career in Yiddish theater but it was likely her role as the long-suffering mother in the Yiddish film “A Brivele Der Mamen” (“A Letter to Mother”) that made her ...

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation recently awarded $1.8 million to 44 artists and arts organizations throughout South Florida who were selected as winners of the Knight Arts Challenge. The ...