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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

A Young Artist’s Search for the Long-Lost Script of a Yiddish Play by Forverts Staff

A new play aims to counteract stereotypes promoted by many news articles about the Yiddishist community.

SOURCE: forward.com at 10:21AM
Thursday, December 19, 2024

A hilarious Yiddish show — without the nostalgia by Forverts Staff

For four days in January 2025, you’ll be able to see a revival of the deliciously wacky show, THE ESSENCE: A YIDDISH THEATRE DIM SUM, in Manhattan. Created and starring Allen Lewis Rickman…

SOURCE: forward.com at 03:31PM
Thursday, December 5, 2024

Three Yiddish plays about demons and saints is opening off-Broadway by Forverts Staff

A selection of three short plays serving up demons, saints and sinners is premiering off-Broadway this month. The show, BASHEVIS'S DEMONS, is based on several short stories by Nobel prize-wi…

SOURCE: forward.com at 01:16PM
Monday, November 8, 2021

‘Waiting for Godot’ in Yiddish to play at Sweden’s Royal Theatre by Forverts Staff

Sweden’s national theater, the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, has commissioned the Congress for Jewish Culture to stage Samuel Beckett’s play, “Waiting for Godot” in Yiddish on…

SOURCE: forward.com at 10:43AM