Folksbiene — The National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene is a professional theater company in New York City which produces both Yiddish plays and plays translated into Yiddish, in a theater equipped with simultaneous superscript translation into English. The… … Wikipedia
YIDDISH THEATER, FOLKSBIENE — New York City s Folksbiene Yiddish Theater, which the New York Post called one of the city s most remarkable cultural institutions, is America s sole surviving professional Yiddish theater and the longest continuously producing Yiddish theater… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Zypora Spaisman — (b. Zypora Tannenbaum in Lublin, Poland, January 2 1916 d. May 18 2002, New York City) was a Polish American actress and Yiddish theatre empresaria.She worked in Poland as a midwife for many years, delivering hundreds of children, including… … Wikipedia
Leon Kobrin — (18731 ndash;1946) was a playwright in Yiddish theater, writer of short stories and novels, and a translator. As a playwright he is generally seen as a disciple of Jacob Gordin, but his mature work was more character driven, more open and… … Wikipedia
Motl Zelmanowicz — Part of a series of articles on the Jewish Labour Bund אַלגעמײַנער ײדישער אַרבעטער בּונד אין ליטע פוילין און רוסלאַנד 1890s to World War I Russia … Wikipedia
Yiddish theatre — consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish community. The range of Yiddish theatre is broad: operetta, musical comedy, and satiric or nostalgic revues; melodrama;… … Wikipedia
On Second Avenue — For the Jan Peerce album, see On 2nd Avenue On Second Avenue Music Various Lyrics Various Book Various Productions 1987 Off Broadway 2005 Off Broadway … Wikipedia
Daniella Rabbani — Born Daniella Zeva Rabbani Occupation Actress Years active 2006 – present Daniella Zeva Rabbani (born September 6, 1984) is an Israeli American actress, singer and voiceover artist.[1] She has worked ex … Wikipedia
The Pirates of Penzance — The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy Operas. The opera s official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York… … Wikipedia
Abraham Goldfaden — Infobox musical artist Name = Abraham Goldfaden Img capt = Abraham Goldfaden Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Starokonstantinov, Russia Genre = Yiddish theatre, operetta Years active = 1876 ndash;1908 Label =… … Wikipedia
