Give My Regards to Yiddishe Broadway
September 22, 2006 6:39 AM   Subscribe

 
[...] Leonard Nimoy [...] will perform bits of classic Yiddish theater and song.

[...] Leonard Nimoy [...] will perform [...] Yiddish [...] song.

That is a hot ticket. Hot.

wtb gala ticket pst
posted by cavalier at 7:12 AM on September 22, 2006


This was profiled in a Jewish quarterly from the Bronx last year. I have the name somewhere...maybe Pain and Pleasure...Pleasure and Pain...can't remember. oi.
posted by parmanparman at 7:32 AM on September 22, 2006


Great post.
posted by piratebowling at 7:46 AM on September 22, 2006


Happy New Year.
posted by caddis at 8:10 AM on September 22, 2006


> maybe Pain and Pleasure...Pleasure and Pain...can't
> remember. oi.

Guilt and Pleasure. Got a copy here on my desk.
posted by elmwood at 8:42 AM on September 22, 2006


Guilt and Pleasure!!

Thanks Elmwood! I loved to Jewish wrestlers profiles too, very entertaining.
posted by parmanparman at 8:48 AM on September 22, 2006


Shanah Tovah to you, too, piratebowling.
posted by joseph_elmhurst at 9:12 AM on September 22, 2006


Broadway didn't evolve (only) from Yiddish theater. The article actually says that "Yiddish theater turned into Broadway." Yiddish theater was certainly a source, but it wasn't the main contributor.

Aside from that one nitpick, it's a great post.
posted by booksandlibretti at 10:11 AM on September 22, 2006


v'shana tovah to all : >

I'm with booksandlibretti--it was just one of many traditions that all mooshed into Broadway (and i'd say Vaudeville was #1--itself full of all kinds of stuff from all kinds of people)
posted by amberglow at 7:10 PM on September 22, 2006


Absolutely vaudeville -- that's where Harrigan & Hart did their groundbreaking work, and they gave it to Cohan, who gets all the credit today for creating Broadway.
posted by booksandlibretti at 8:48 PM on September 22, 2006


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