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Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill was born in Dessau, Germany in 1900. His father was a cantor and his…
Theodor Bikel
Born in Vienna, Austria and immigrated to Palestine with his parents at age 13. Studied…
Boris Thomashevsky
Boris Thomashevsky, son of Yiddish actor and playwright Pincas Thomashevsky, was born in…
Leon Blank
Leon Blank was born in Lithuania in 1867. When Blank was just a boy, his family moved to…
Paul Muni (Weisenfreund)
Paul Muni was born in Lemberg, Austria in 1895. Muni's parents, both actors in a…
Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern was born on January 27, 1885 in New York City to parents Fanny and Henry…
Bertha Kalish
Yiddish theater and Broadway actress Bertha Kalish was born in Lemberg (present day Lviv…
Jennie Goldstein
Yiddish theater star Jennie Goldstein was born in New York in 1896. She began acting…
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The Broadway Musical: a Critical and Musical Survey
Second edition 1992 Explores and analises the significance of the music of American…
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Kurt Weill
Documentary. German, English, French and Italian, English subtitles; 97 min.
The well-…