The cast of the Yiddish language production of Fiddler on the Roof have welcomed some special guests throughout their run. Among them have been Bernadette Peters, Joel Gray, Bebe Neuwirth, M…
Yente's milkshake brings the boys to the yard Cast members from the Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof, led by Jackie Hoffman as Yente, created a hilarious clip featuring the song Mil…
By: David Sheward
August 4, 2018:Â A quartet of musical productions on and Off-Broadway mash up musical styles, time periods, and cultural perspectives. Three of these blenderizings re…
Steven Skybell's Tevye warms up from a salt-of-the-earth, everyday philosopher to the much put-upon tragic existential hero upon whom God"to whom he speaks frequently"has heaped much tsouris…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
July 24, 2018:Â In 2016, one year after the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene celebrated its centenary, it began producing an annual Yiddish-language musical pro…
Jackie Hoffman, who plays Yente in FIDDLER, and Daniel Kahn, who plays Perchik, were the first to jump to their feet at the evening's standing ovation.
The entire twenty-six-member cast is wonderful and works diligently to reach the core of this story in the native Yiddish language which proves to authenticate the time and place. They are s…
★★★★ Fiddler retains full enchantment in Joel Grey's Yiddish-language production
The post Fiddler on the Roof: “If I Were a Rothschild,” in Yiddish appea…
A "baloney artist" on a train, an evil stepmother who curses angrily, a young woman in forbidden love, a hapless traveling business man " these are just some of the characters that comprise …
The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's (NYTF)
excellent Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof as directed by Joel Grey makes us fall in love with Tevye, his wife, Golde, and h…
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia spoke it fluently as did James Cagney. Barbara Streisand can converse, and Judy Garland sang in it. Last night the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene pr…
The highly anticipated American premiere of the Yiddish language Fiddler on the Roof, presented by theNational Yiddish TheatreFolksbiene NYTF opened last night, Sunday, July 15. Let's see wh…
Those who doubted that a Yiddish-language production of "A Fiddler on the Roof," directed by Joel Grey, would turn out to be a great joy ("a shtik naches") might react to Jackie Hoffman'…
Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof, Featuring Jackie Hoffman as Yente, Extends Off-Broadway Run
The acclaimed new Yiddish-langua…
