Archive of Articles on the Yiddish Theatre

 

1921

Thomashefsky Speaks From the Heart (Thomashefsky)

1922

1923

1924

1925

Stinginess -- A Special Sickness Among Actors (Osherowitch)

1926

Theatre Songs That Famous Actors Have Sung Fifteen and Twenty Years Ago (Ehrenreich)

1927

1928

Did They Once Play Theatre Better Than Today? (Rumshinsky)

1929

The Yiddish Actors' Union Complains About the Yiddish Actors' Union in Poland

1930

 

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At a Yiddish Theatre: The Plays and Players

Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre Biographies and Histories*

Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre: Yiddish Theatrical Alliance

Menasha Has a Theory Regarding His Comedy Appeal

Regulation Book of the Professional Yiddish Actors' Union in Poland, 1919

Rules for Actors: Aaron Lebedeff

My Favorite Role: Anna Appel

My Favorite Role: Jennie Goldstein

My Favorite Role: Peter Graf

My Favorite Role: Aaron Lebedeff

My Favorite Role: Elihu Tenenholtz

On the Air!: Freilach Time: Marty Levitt, Klezmer Musician and Radio Host

Joseph Rumshinsky: "The Sin" Theatre (a teater "el khta")

A Reporter at Large, "Cafe Royal"

"The Last Messiah," Caricatures by M. Raskin

Play in History: "Abi Gezunt"

Men of the Professional Actors' Union in Poland

Women of the Professional Actors' Union in Poland

The Yiddish Theatre Houses in Brooklyn, circa 1940

The Yiddish Theatre Houses in Manhattan, circa 1940

Yiddish Theatre à la Maud

A Forverts Theatre Review: "Common Clay," at Gabel's Theatre, NYC, 1918

15 Forverts Theatre Reviews from Bronx Yiddish Theatre Houses

34 Forverts Theatre Reviews from Brooklyn Yiddish Theatre Houses

36 Forverts Theatre Reviews from Manhattan Yiddish Theatre Houses

New Talent on the Yiddish Stage: Anna and Isidore Hollander

The Grandfather of the Yiddish Actors of America: Leyzer Zuckerman

A Visit to the Grand Theatre

Brownsville's Liberty Theatre

Melodrama and Shund

What is the Difference Between a Drama and a Melodrama?

The Question of Examinations for New Actors in the Actors' Union

The Benefit Plays of Yesterday, and the Benefit Plays of Today

The "Couplets"

Brighton Already Has a Yiddish Theatre

A Black Cantor Wants to Illuminate the World of the "Black Jews"

Williamsburg Jews Sit in the Lyric Theatre Like a Fort

Laughter, Tears and Jokes at the Exams in the Actors' Union

The Importance of the Province for the Yiddish Theatre

"The Voices of Yiddish Theatre," a radio program on station WEVD, 1939 (1o articles)

The Younger Generation of Actors Begin to Take Their Place in Yiddish Theatre

Hollywood Buys Out Their Stars From Radio Programs Because They Harm Her Business

The Radio, The Yiddish Talkie, and the Yiddish Actors' Union

Lucy Levin, the Prima Donna of the Second Avenue Theatre

Who Composes the Songs for the Yiddish Stage?

Joseph Edelstein, the Oldest and Most Interesting Theatre Manager with Jews

Lyrics in the Yiddish Operetta

Did They Once Play Theatre Better Than Today?

Theatre Songs That Famous Actors Sang 15 and 20 Years Ago

Yiddish Actors' Union Complain About the Yiddish Artists' Union of Poland

Stinginess: A Special Sickness Among Actors

Eddie Cantor Visits the Second Avenue Theatre

Bella Mysell Tells About Her Father's Last Years

When They "Fixed" Plays in Yiddish Theatre

Good and Bad Plays

Why There Are Now No "Theatre Patriots"

A Visit With Paul Muni

Washington Gives a Radio Program About the Jews in America

50 Stars Will Play in Goldfaden's "Bobe Yakhne" on Tuesday, 16 January

Great Scandal at the Yablokoff Concert in Paris

Herman Yablokoff Travels as a Courier to the Jews in the D.P. Camps

Yiddish Theatre World Celebrates Alexander Olshanetsky's 50th Birthday

David Licht: The New Stage Director of the Folksbiene

Isidore Casher: One of the Beloved People in the Acting World

Impressions of Grosbard's First Word Concert

Beatrice Kessler, the Young Singer-Actress in "Wandering Stars"

Yiddish Theatre in New York and in the Province

What Kind of Plays Should be Given to the Theatre Audience?

The Condition of Yiddish Theatre in Poland

In the Theatrical Cafe is Heaven and Earth for the Communist Actor

Yiddish Actors Discuss the Sad Situation of Yiddish Theatre

He Brings Greetings From Distant Lands

Menashe Oppenheim Returns With Cheerful Greetings From Argentina

Benzion Witler and Shifra Lerer Bring Greetings from the Yiddish Theatre in London

Nellie Casman Comes Back From Europe and Brings Greetings From The Theatre

Joseph Buloff and Luba Kadison Bring Greetings From the Yiddish Theatre in South America

Yiddish Actors from Argentina Warn Their Colleagues Not to Come to Play Here

In the Theatre on Smocza

Jews Sing and They Will Continue to Sing

Yiddish Drama-Writers Divided Into Two Camps

Samuel Goldinburg Brings a Greeting From Jews and Yiddish Theatre in Poland and Lita

A Talk With the Two Brother Actors, Hymie and Irving Jacobson

Tomorrow a Great Carnival-Concert From the Yiddish Actors' Union

Leo Fuchs, a New Star on the Yiddish Stage

Michal Michalesko Tells About His Trip to Various Countries in Europe

The Comic Itzik Feld Tells Interesting and Curious Stories From His Travels in Europe

Lazar Freed Brings an Interesting Greeting of Jewish Life in Europe

Jennie Goldstein Brings Greetings From South America

Jennie Goldstein's Two Interesting Letters from Argentina

A Conversation with Paul Baratoff, Who First Arrived From Europe

A Greeting From Our Actors in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Two Well-Known Actresses Tell About Their Travels in South America

Stories That We Can Hear in the Yiddish Theatre Cafe

Browsing Through the "Album of the Yiddish Theatre"

Ludwig Satz Tells About His Last Trips Across the World

Sholem Asch Arrives; Portrays the Horrible Poverty and Persecutions of Jews in Poland

Guskin Brings a Greeting From Yiddish Theatre in Various Countries

Interesting Moments at the Guskin Banquet Wednesday Night

When Actors and Actresses Make a Probe In Order to Become a Member in the Actors' Union

Five Actors Pass Their Probe at the Yiddish Actors' Union and Become Members

A Greeting from the Yiddish Theatre in Poland, Lita and Lettland

B. Kletzkin -- Has Published the Books of the Greatest Yiddish Writers

R. Guskin Brings a Greeting From Yiddish Theatre on the Other Side of the Ocean

Manager of the Yiddish Actors' Union Brings a Greeting From the Yiddish Theatre in Europe

Will Molly Picon Leave the Yiddish Theatre and Depart to Play in the Movies?

The New District Attorney of New York is an Owner of a Burlesque Theatre

Clara Young Travels to Russia to Play Theatre

Itzik Feld Tells Interesting Stories from Argentina

A Day at the Movies in New York City: Friday, February 9, 1940

East New York's Supreme Theatre

Play Review: "Berele Tramp," Second Avenue Theatre, 1922

Play Review: "Lively and Happy," National Theatre, 1921

Play Review: "Longing Hearts," Gabel's 116th Street Theatre, 1922

Play Review: "The Greenhorn Cousin," National Theatre, 1922

The Art of the Yiddish Theatre Ad, 1920

A Stroll in the Yiddish Music Halls and Dramatic Clubs, 1910

Muni Weisenfreund About the Current Condition of the Yiddish Theatre

Edward G. Robinson Doesn't Want to Play Any More Gangster Roles

He Blames the Audience, the Press and Managers

How They Make Probes in the Yiddish Actors' Union in Warsaw

Newspaper Archives: Translations from the Forverts, 1918-1950

Welcome to the Movies!: The Yiddish Film in History

The Yiddish Theatre Needs to Have a Dictator

The New Jewish Hospital in Brownsville and East New York

Joseph Rumshinsky Writes About the Former and Deceased Couplet Writer and Actor, Louis Gilrod

Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre biography: Abraham S. Shomer

Short Chapters About Yiddish Actors (March 28, 1930)

Short Chapters About Yiddish Actors (April 18, 1930)

Photographers to the Stars: The Ivan Busatt Studio

Photographers to the Stars: The Rappoport Studio

What Ab. Cahan Tells About Rumshinsky's Uncle

Theatre Review: "The Galician Rebbetzin"

A Letter of Heartbreak from Joseph Rumshinsky

Madame Sophia Karp's Death

 

 

 

 

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