Yiddish theatre
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Yiddish theatre consists of plays written and performed primarily by Ashkenazi Jews in the Yiddish language. The range of Yiddish theatre is broad: operetta, musical comedy, and satiric or nostalgic r
Molly Picon (center) in Bublichki, 1938
Report on Jewish Theatre - New York Times 29 Nov 1868 Sunday Page 5
Thalia Theatre poster (Josef Kroger, New York, 1897)
WPA poster, Boston, 1938
Yiddish Theatre District
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The Yiddish Theatre District, also called the Jewish Rialto and the Yiddish Realto, was the center of New York City's Yiddish theatre scene in the early 20th century. It was located primarily on Secon
poster for The Yiddish King Lear
The Grand Theatre, some time before 1906
In 1926, developer Louis N. Jaffe built this theatre for actor Maurice Schwartz ("Mr. Second Avenue") and his Yiddish Art Theatre. After four seasons it became the Yiddish Folks Theatre, then a movie theatre, the home of the Phoenix Theatre, the Entermedia Theatre, and now a movie theater again, the Village East Cinema. It was designated a New York City landmark in 1993.
George Gershwin, c. late 1920s or early 1930s