Folksbiene
Daily distraction: Ben Platt’s dance party, the Folksbiene online and ‘West Side Story’
How to have fun on St. Patrick’s day while socially distancing.
Folksbiene Names Dominick Balletta As New Executive Director
Balletta, a longtime theater and film professional, praised the Folksbiene as “a leading-edge company.”
Barry Manilow’s Original Musical Is Coming To The Folksbiene
Manilow wrote a musical about a group of Jewish and gentile singers in Weimar Germany.
Folksbiene Plans Ambitious Season To Follow Yiddish ‘Fiddler’
The Folksbiene’s 2019-2020 season is built around the theme of “Spiritual Resistance.”
Folksbiene To Follow ‘Fiddler’ With Premiere Of Opera About The Rise Of The Nazis
Composer Ted Rosenthal is poised to give new voice to the tormented years his father spent praying for his family from afar.
All-Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ Captures How Jews Really Spoke To Each Other
This was not just a play where the characters spoke Yiddish to each other; it was steeped in Yiddishkeit, the traditional Jewish way of life.
15 Can’t-Miss Summer Events Starting With Yiddish ‘Fiddler’
In troubling times, some of this season’s most important artistic events are those that will elicit sorrow over joy. The mix is essential.
First Step To An All-Yiddish ‘Fiddler On The Roof’? Dance Auditions.
To disappoint Tevye would be to disappoint God.
How Jews In The 1940s Honored The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising — And How We Honor It Now
A Holocaust survivor remembers the first Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial service; how children of survivors in New York will mark the occasion
Folksbiene To Present ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ — In Yiddish
“Fiddler on the Roof” began life as a Sholem Aleichem story, penned in Yiddish. The show will return to that language in summer 2018.