Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

New York's Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway
New York's Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway
New York's Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway
Ebook524 pages6 hours

New York's Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

5/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

In the early decades of the twentieth century, a vibrant theatrical culture took shape on New York City’s Lower East Side. Original dramas, comedies, musicals, and vaudeville, along with sophisticated productions of Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Chekhov, were innovatively staged for crowds that rivaled the scene on Broadway. While these productions were in Yiddish and catered to Eastern European Jewish audiences (the largest immigrant group in the city at the time), their artistic and aesthetic creations and their play with politics and history came to influence all facets of the American stage. Vividly illustrated and with contributions from leading historians and critics, this history recounts in absorbing detail the heyday of Yiddish Broadway” and its vital contribution to American Jewish life and its crossover to American culture. Performances grappled with Jewish nationalism, labor relations, women’s rights, religious observance, acculturation, and assimilation. They reflected a range of genres, from tear-jerkers to experimental theater, and introduced American audiences to avant-garde dramatic technique. The artists who came of age in this environment include Stella Adler, Eddie Cantor, Jerry Lewis, Sophie Tucker, Mel Brooks, and Joan Rivers. The story of the Yiddish theater is therefore a tale of creativity and legacy, immigrants who in the process of becoming Americans had an enormous impact on the country's cultural and artistic landscape. From the Bowery to Broadway is a companion to an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York scheduled for February 2016.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 2, 2016
ISBN9780231541077
New York's Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway

Related to New York's Yiddish Theater

Related ebooks

United States History For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for New York's Yiddish Theater

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5

1 rating0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    New York's Yiddish Theater - Edna Nahshon

    Z^Nabook_preview_excerpt.html|rF`^NqIyԖd;J$%REAQeY(d T~ʼn9~O񗜵L%O;P@澮N|kߵY|sa;ٻ(*_f75m?W[f]inmMֹeL6渨:[dMv\4&0/]G`}[5tigCW6*~: /ޝ~6ܵ憯˝Oz]٦+ﮧw웣.\+Zvm̾.;_/'&Û. ^-4;:8zl蒺~=y|e4.xlqoݪM/hrU>m,Dre[u MipWYU5/uMKzZ)Hӕ3<ֶ^DuCV3toiQcћ3K0@_7MmM'!.Q6GFiߴMF&;Z.&c&s.{{yusqh;wE8i_`);b|sT[y=h*=ڙa(Ӻ 1f=ҴXx$t]]$_;,^{\]?{qwEm:䁧CӋl>\ʮoWq6=?:=}wzttz}o_FWd;:v?>?v .wGs|qtqys뮏ώo/N/__Mߞ؏N/壕Ǡ;~[}Z,m; [Wfi'ٓ{TtVymP^/Έ2̰xKܶ dܾ5u}Y*I+qˋ~>Gy82wUm|yU-κgo)Y޿Ĵ.dղV͌;,M[ufV38 *@id!p~lrm➄E]߇뮋izd߼|pIϦilF쿙첬Kk+=q2}cЛ\t$#6{|Hg˯m=Cw aP]F"X0;s)e1o}_7*_˪EEDwxҙ\}2+WYe1}p/O|#k#"eU`IOI (i;".8|dYwKsӔJocPkav,J%l w= ZWV-RlU|"[YUb\V Y3y6Z ;} DuY #\e}X\ eQ{UP-|[|O2*z3*-Y8O`s5rS0i̗A )L]5|V5 ٜ)`f7.a-U^OTܳ"X!Pxm6HшbEϼzŻZq%;+\x´vCi-o:mFBУ׼)w2ү9 ~ډiVDoy'xH2!e W&.,,5hн8QgnmBRՒp!߬%r1EdU|~Wa0 J[M'9Ǐd)i|zDdt6j.X6CTN#qx2`]ռ y]bC#\9jO<&BTGX2xWrd*X<ÛiE l=IcegnA,`fL r:>uAnf)uP"UgHoC^m;/kץnrنx4 p(ΠwS#LqK [L,{J!mp[TtvF$>r<|Ci:23f7)nȢDCTn$f V1t;F?Tnw +Fh-$_%T!K&@m^OlC6X x]&%c eep~M{,MV-SYn"P􋲡jׄeR~f|/xm%e\nZ? L.?0-7=TfQ_CV](EhY,j^k;!vcLSTIPH=|H=RKH7lct!PR$>n11ҕYA9OWErٺ>D,f-vnQJ$- hS^TX@DN,L ~RרÙ2\Vfr{jwIj@Ju{'ݓp+'Vtpx+CW$0Q-e֙|i[ Z ΄aukH+*/?Uǫ ۦ9_@ cD_YxJO&O ioCRSQ/{Iw4RJf2ϠJD8+ݝNb9Bֱ@8 Z8ܐьIۨXM=(`.%MވR$ȊXs7DWkLDT# V+H7|wWExEFc, n^XBKa$^z A,c!^&:"=?.>Wf/BK':J')"n{xpkP1Wj[ 2҄!Cb(lN@ 'WPD3;kro!(*OP OF5b)zYbpq e0)c߻ rg'j7b޼>qe%C0GHwڢlht|H)fƮk"0pcvFw:T[U:1w vMy~U)3|< ū\EX2w$ ci/gH UU0K6Dau(fg6g,pЇ5W+3R3ۭ ={6IFϟ+$QHu7jLORh jR]AB~HUOZP (ke;a€l eIJoL .=3&deb/PdG l}-nwsHaegN+AԋTpsmj5ƂW #0blz@ݿ[!8~Qa`tOͥ30l[0;T>qHpYޒfY-P*W!mV*ׯŸBu^LךDa(7!"O3O4}O5d_sfO#] Ciz Vz6 xS/gp5+6} d0 H&QsŲjӇ& fOE} |{%Ay1ɯwbMh]#=s 4N8ޅؕXKhtF糹!5FěaGn?'~j8{҄`ëCv ^iH%T ԤDy{\k<sR|HB١4ǥ%405JHR1X wBZp $S%"cM_DwݮxAu0aES #\ޕԩnyg tRW52JKڄ2  qߺgVMdc!Q_iĭ4C@ 5yq68*Rd482V\96# @Z(uD~3ZZPͦL+PQ;|eQ\?cdOhޗ%<4u`-:$ԔO=y`[ȈuBv_:2+]0?ٿ&'y77\ 1%(ݠj8f?Q ŊK\ȟ%u&*6o2V_H1j4[y#>Vo]cmKTks7Ga:Y|2ZA;1l&a[1t3@ZHWK&ˡX#vlM#3;Nv#q(rt `~x(,d.*D>DnQڗV=q/-K4~wZ+לGngP7;T.eTqR@r!eΨP|эlfih"}# H!WVM1tp'5J&HQ7z%dx=wi-6]=MϹj-'V Mw8WZFJ!g<81Κ*O]ʶcLys@,9n:RGGP5ҞO%mf-exN qţǁD)pU/p8j`Է^-]d@Qog/:AwDVp4! SP ^C$&P;Qw:%ɴ*LC9;@ סϑ3Ql*%kRRd@U|)$2p_Gzbi3] a}#.8Xi3DBCv1ļښ?[9!:65lzqLݤn"%n\J<&4Q+ֹ&{b(emi9Iv/_Io"peP?Htt!XNE}R 2j2_'zֶ+}x;GBi[w[Όn?M;no#I"oWD좂!hkcR( .vF).u=((طdpF' R Sdtsr5Mj_[nL]z&MLRxUldT[QBVkcPBtdlbhU__[&:;`&|«$@o2zb9 tMTz _O'OLqN<S\vn*,QblÏRDmJ'{FR@!~& ;҉ڙFA6VZEDA,!r*F"I܇B~Rv_1TA-&Z.4ӛ( PK/Y.7l֒Yeq+zٚ9( %GZ{( WUbm gQƓ_-Ƿy-i@]H \Oa}s8;i(DjCEZylL=` ~T>T%2q}'pa]5, V@#YwNut#a¨X3:)Ix-'=Ѱmߦ ݃Fp!-347;qyɳy" 2CB8T.&Y<[^RHKԤ|A'YU_zUrUmk?;x'/t|>8zP)dyT.o᠂A|U|y49;,#KtDP>#c^L'ʩHek}0 ;x̟Cxr4*8oESB ,wl \P*kto?)첊{W?B #SΌBKmgpH>: ']a zp)!P8ߋ[%H݄p5?O9B#.Pi~IU;g}#$<S; Y߆ɩ$pFM3e*>k* +pD*Gxk>+Z(, \*.eIu‑GrՂ,$ Zhs.yƭ|É.d$e./%wͪbI?$M<)XIpmRo?BA G7rRǯc{" #Oy}m0-),\NK_*mk M-?#ve`?RsP'>OYD%P ZO8ŗpYk;';#%,ThOn2gwz5M>?܄ žO\ Lb۵ޅ;0,g~5y9 ZT4$"G%O҇2FaCce?pMO<"83gOveǡ&K"Aa5]t$QnYJ>vK5<0GGU-* ZYsVW5UCض*꓁Й{2ġ 5+|#ZzѤ޽>!lGY7|T*n{a
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1