Seeking gangsters, must speak Yiddish: Bringing the Hasidic underworld to life in ‘Caught Stealing’
Motl Didner coached Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio and Carol Kane on their Yiddish scenes
Motl Didner coached Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio and Carol Kane on their Yiddish scenes
The play 'Amid Falling Walls' links the Bundist with Jewish longing for Palestine. He would have balked at this interpretation
The Folksbiene’s ‘Amid Falling Walls’ is a grand showcase that’s often hard to follow
The Folksbiene's ‘Amid Falling Walls’ highlights three generations of one family’s work in Yiddish music
After the war, partisan fighter Shmerke Kaczerginski visited displaced persons camps and recorded the songs that survivors shared with him.
The Folksbiene production reconciles the need to speak a universal language, as well as a specific one
Steven Skybell, who played Tevye in a production scuppered by the pandemic, spent lockdown learning Yiddish songs
The award-winning Folksbiene production will play off-Broadway’s New World Stages this fall in a limited engagement
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