By Ed MalinAt Theater for the New City, you can now see the premiere of the late Lu Hauser's play Prague, 1912 (the Savoy Café Yiddish Theatre). Director George Ferencz guided Hauser in the evolution of the play, which is loosely based on real-life Yiddish theater personalities Itzhak Lowy and Mania Tshissik. These performers' alter-egos, Jak Lowy (played by the indomitable John Barilla) and Mme. Trassek (the …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:24AM on November 16, 2017