YIDDISH PRECISION: "NIGHT STORIES" AT THE WILD PROJECT by Mark Rifkin

The wonderful duo of Shane Baker and Miryem-Khaye Seigel have again teamed up with directors Moshe Yassur and Beate Hein Bennett, this time for NIGHT STORIES, a quartet of short works by Smo…

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 1:00pm on January 2, 2026☆⚑

THE JOY OF YIDDISH THEATER: IN DIM SUM PORTIONS by Mark Rifkin

If you believe that everything sounds better in Yiddish " as I do " then THE ESSENCE: A YIDDISH THEATRE DIM SUM is for you. For more than ten years, this 85-minute presentation has been stag…

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 10:49am on January 13, 2025☆⚑

BASHEVIS'S DEMONS by Mark Rifkin

BASHEVIS'S DEMONS is a vivid reminder of the demons that hover over us and inside us, yesterday and today.

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 12:28pm on December 27, 2024☆⚑

Interview: Jesse Berger, Red Bull Theater Artistic Director by Mark Rifkin

A year ago yesterday, New York City closed all entertainment venues, leading to endlessly sad postponements and cancellations that no one thought would last as long as it has. Theater compan…

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 11:50am on March 14, 2021☆⚑

GOING IT "ALONE" DURING LOCKDOWN: 'BAD DATES' / 'FIRST LOVE' / 'FRANZ KAFKA'S LETTER TO MY FATHER' by Mark Rifkin

BAD DATES makes for a great date night, streaming through March 14.

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 1:00pm on March 9, 2021☆⚑

THE WHOLE MEGILLAH

On February 21 at 2:30, the Congress for Jewish Culture is presenting Itzik Manger's MEGILLAH CYCLE, an adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical The Megilla of Itzik Manger, conceived and dir…

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 11:55am on February 21, 2021☆⚑

CONSCIENCE

In March, the world premiere of two-time Tony winner Joe DiPietro's CONSCIENCE opened at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, but the pandemic shut it down. The original cast is now reu…

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 5:09pm on October 26, 2020☆⚑

TEVYE SERVED RAW: GARNISHED WITH JEWS by Mark Rifkin

TEVYE SERVED RAW is a sweet and savory side dish to accompany the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene's rousing adaptation of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF in Yiddish at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.…

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 11:46am on July 20, 2018☆⚑

NEW YIDDISH REP: AWAKE AND SING! by Mark Rifkin

The show really feels at home in this Yiddish production, featuring a charming apartment set by Nathan Rosen, with an old radio and Victrola, a kitchen table, a couch, an armchair, and a day…

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 10:34am on December 19, 2017☆⚑

IN THE BOOM BOOM ROOM by Mark Rifkin

Not only did the Chain Theatre get the blessing of Tony-winning playwright David Rabe to stage an extremely rare revival of his 1973 drama, IN THE BOOM BOOM ROOM, but it got Rabe himself, wh…

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 12:55pm on May 2, 2017☆⚑

JONAH AND OTTO by Mark Rifkin

British playwright Robert Holman finally makes his New York City debut with JONAH AND OTTO, an involving, splendidly acted drama with palindromic elements that opened last night at the Lion …

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 1:22pm on February 9, 2017☆⚑

Life's a Picnic in Grand Central by This Week In New York

Thursday, August 21: REVOLUTION IN THE ELBOW OF RAGNAR AGNARSSON FURNITURE PAINTER, 12:30 " 2:00

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 4:05pm on August 20, 2014☆⚑

TEN CHIMNEYS by Mark Rifkin

One of the best plays of the new season is taking place off Broadway, set in a Wisconsin country home but firmly entrenched on the Great White Way. Real-life husband-and-wife acting couple B…

SOURCE: twi-ny.com at 2:09pm on October 10, 2012☆⚑