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Anshel Schorr
… prominent Lemberg cantor Baruch Schorr , was a mainstay of Yiddish Theater in New York and Philadelphia. He worked as a … decades of activity, Schorr collaborated with some of the Yiddish theater’s most renowned actors and composers such as … Theater on October 6, 1911. The operetta became a staple of Yiddish theater repertoire, and was performed frequently in …
Reuben Doctor
… in Milken Archive. … Composer & lyricist of the American Yiddish theater … 0 … Reuben Doctor …
Aaron Lebedeff
… stage. He was nicknamed “Litvak Komiker,” (the Lithuanian Yiddish comic) both for his stage manner, and for the … (1927), and many more. Lebedeff continued to be active in Yiddish theater well into the 1940’s. When he died on November 8, 1960, the Yiddish theatre lost one of its most formative and …
Louis Gilrod
… in Milken Archive, Click Here … Composer & lyricist of Yiddish theater music … 0 … Louis Gilrod …
Paul Muni (Weisenfreund)
… Austria in 1895. Muni's parents, both actors in a traveling Yiddish repertory company, immigrated to America in 1899. As … after which he was recruited to join Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theater Company. Muni often performed at the … and the Irving Place Theater during his 18 years on the Yiddish stage. In 1926, Muni made his first Broadway …
Bertha Kalish
… Yiddish theater and Broadway actress Bertha Kalish was born … Kalish was performing regularly at Yakov Ber Gimpel’s Yiddish Theater. Kalish played the starring role in Gimpel’s … New York City in 1896, where she became a mainstay of the Yiddish theater, until 1905 when she transitioned to …
Regina Prager
… Yiddish actress and singer Regina Prager was born in Lemberg … Prager began her stage career at Yankev Ber Gimpel’s Yiddish Theater, where she quickly became one of the … stars to bring to America. It was during this time that Yiddish theater star Bertha Kalish was recruited and …
Jennie Goldstein
… Yiddish theater star Jennie Goldstein was born in New York … childhood and early adulthood revolved around the Yiddish theater; by the age of sixteen she was already … on album, such as “Jennie Goldstein Sings 14 Famous Yiddish Theater Hits,” “Ir Mames Khupe Kleyd,” “The Best of …
Isa Kremer
… through the An-sky Jewish Folklore Research Project. … Yiddish theater actress & singer … 0 … Isa Kremer …
Seymour Rechzeit
… a full biography see " Seymour Rexite " at Wikipedia. … Yiddish radio star … Seymour Rechzeit …