'A Night in the Old Marketplace' in Philly

A Night in the Old Marketplace
September 28 - October 21 2007
Book and Lyrics by Glen Berger
Music by Frank London
Conceived by Alexandra Aron
Inspired by I.L. Peretz

Klezmer giant and Grammy-winner Frank London and Emmy-winner Glen Berger spin a magic tale set to Klezmer music of spirits who come alive to right an ancient wrong in this fantastic journey to rediscover the meaning of faith. For details about performances at the Prince Music Theater: http://princemusictheater.org/home/

“A Night In The Old Marketplace”

FRANK LONDON'S " A NIGHT IN THE OLD MARKETPLACE"
Featuring
Ron Caswell, tuba, bass
Brandon Seabrook guitar, banjo, mandolin
Art Bailey keyboards, accordion
Aaron Alexander, drums
And vocalists... La Tanya Hall, Manu Narayan (star of Broadway's Bombay Dreams), Craig Wedren (from Shudder to Think), The Klezmatic's Lorin Sklamberg and many others featured on the recording,

“A Night In The Old Marketplace”
http://www.soundbrush.com
CD Release Party:

Monday, March 26th 8pm
Barrow Street Theater
27 Barrow Street
New York

Tickets via Telecharge 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250
For more information read this POSTER with INFO
Running Time:
75 minutes, with no intermission

Audience:
May be inappropriate for 10 and under.
Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
Important Notice
Performance begin promptly. Latecomers will not be seated!

Soundbrush Records presents A Night in the Old Marketplace by Jewish music giant Frank London with lyrics by acclaimed playwright Glen Berger. Created for Alexandra Aron's theatrical adaptation of the legendary 1907 Yiddish play by I.L. Peretz, this extraordinary score mixes Jewish, jazz, classical, rock and world beats with a dose of Kurt Weill and Tom Waits. This collection of 21songs is performed by an array of stars including Manu Narayan (lead of Broadway's Bombay Dreams), the Klezmatics' Lorin Sklamberg, pop legends They Might be Giants, Celtic singer Susan McKeown, and Craig Wedren, leader of the cult rock group Shudder to Think.

YIDDISH PIRATES ARE COMING

Gilbert and Sullivan's Di Yam Gazlonim ("The Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish)
Book and Lyrics by Al Grand
Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman
Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek
Starring Jacob Feldman, Stephen Mo Hanan, Genette Lane, Dani Marcus and Steve Sterner
With Ashley Adler, Itzy Firestone, Susanne Kobb, Stuart Marshall, Eyal Sherf, Allen Lewis Rickman, Yelena Shmulenson-Rickman, Yankl Salant, D. Zhonzinsky

TWO WEEKS ONLY
March 18 - April 1

Shows:
March 18: 2pm & 6pm
March 21: 2pm & 8pm
March 22: 2pm & 8pm
March 24: 8pm
March 25: 2pm & 6pm
March 28: 2pm & 8pm
March 29: 2pm & 8pm
March 31: 8pm
April 1: 2pm

In Yiddish
with English and Russian Translation Supertitles
The Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Family Auditorium
at The JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th St

For Tickets and Info call 212-279-4200
or visit www.ticketcentral.com (listed under ³Pirates of Penzance in Yiddish)
For information about
The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene, visit us on the web at www.folksbiene.org

New York Musical theatre Festival

The New York Musical Theatre Festival, the original home of Altar Boyz, [title of show], The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Gutenberg! The Musical, the Big Voice and Nerds:// A Musical Software Satire, among many others, will be accepting submissions for their Next Link Project from JANUARY 1, 2007 through MARCH 1, 2007. The Next Link Project is the NYMTF central series of new musicals, accounting for 18 of the 30+ productions in each year's festival. NYMTF maintain an open submissions policy and a blind evaluation process to ensure that writers from every level of the theatre community, from working professionals to those whose work has not yet been produced, are given the opportunity to participate.
For complete information:
http://www.nymf.org/
For more information, and to begin the online submission process, see: http://www.nymf.org/Page-101.html

YIDDISH THEATER: A LOVE STORY

ONE MORE SCREENING AT THE PRESTIGIOUS
SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Sunday FEB 4th
at 10:30 am
at the Metro Theater 4
in Santa Barbara

We are grateful to all of you, that helped us be chosen out of hundreds of film at this great festival to have an additional screening.
Synopsis.
Enter the funny, larger-than-life world of Yiddish Theater through this documentary film about the amazing woman who has kept the oldest running Yiddish Theater in America alive. Zypora Spaisman is a Holocaust survivor who conquers all hearts in her passion for art, lifeand Yiddish. This heartwarming story of one unique woman's struggle portrays the fight of both an old art form to stay relevant and an old actress to find mean ing and a stage in a society that worships youth. Shot in real time in one of the coldest winters in NY, Zypora's theater has one week to raise funding to keep their show going. Many miracles occur during this week. But will they be enough to save this critically acclaimed Yiddish show?

The film includes unique scenes withmany of the last remaining stars of the Yiddish stage as well as leading experts from the Yiddish world, including Seymour Rexite, Shifra Lerer, Zypora Spaisman, Zalmen Mlotek, Nahma Sandrow and many more.

A must see film for anyone who loves theater !
For more info:
Film Festival: www.sbiff.org

Film:
http://www.jewishsantabarbara.org/calendar/calendar.html

MYSPACE:
http://www.myspace.com/yiddishtheateralovestory

Mofa Theater Zionist Play Looking for Venues

Yaara Guy, the Manager of Marketing and Public Relations for the Mofa Theatre writes to JMWC about their Zionist play "We need a homeland". If you are interested in a play about the period in Israel from the day the UN decided to divide the land between the Jews and the Arabs (November 28th) until David Ben Gurion declared Israel a state (May, 1948), you may wish to look into this production. The play is targeted for children ages ten and up. Call him at 972-9-7442292 or 972-57-7300072. Email: Mofa2@netvision.net.il

Leeds Jewish International Theatre Festival

Leeds Jewish International Theatre Festival which takes place 17th � 21st July at Leeds Grammar School. It has been described as the "new cultural fringe festival" of Leeds. The Festival will offer back to back performances over a five day period, purely for the public�s entertainment. The Leeds Grammar School site will be turned into a buzzing Theatre Village with 3 theatres being used simultaneously. This is a unique opportunity for all to come and enjoy Jewish related Performing Arts and Music. The Festival Website is www.ljtf.org.

Highlights include: Ivor Dembina, last years prize winners, Rose Bruford Drama College, London & Stuart Curtis�s K-groove with music from their hit album �Smoked Salmon Salsa� . For classical music lovers Benjamin Frith, prot�g�e of Dame Fanny Waterman will perform with Sagi Hartov, world class Israeli Cellist. These are only a few of the amazing line-up for the Festival. If you wish to find out more about the Festival, e-mail leedsmakor@hotmail.com .

ON SECOND AVENUE at Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre

The Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre in NYC, with Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, presents an excellent show in Yiddish and English definitely worth seeing whether you know Yiddish or not:

ON SECOND AVENUE
The cast of 7 includes Broadway star
MIKE BURSTYN
and, off her recent starring role in the wonderful new film, Pripetshik Sings Yiddish!, REYNA SCHAECHTER
Performances run only till April 10th
and tickets are going fast, so order yours ASAP

For tickets: Folksbiene, 45 East 33 St, NYC, 212-213-2120
www.folksbiene.org
Performances @ the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76 St

'The Whitechapel Windmill' and A Seminar on Jewish Boxers of London's East End

Tuesday 29 March 2005
A Seminar on Jewish Boxers of London's East End
And excerpts from a brand new opera
'The Whitechapel Windmill'
by Howard Frederics
The opera deals with the life of the famous Jewish boxer from the East End Jack 'Kid' Berg (born Judah Bergman) covering aspects of his fascinating life. and 2 lectures on the history of Jewish boxing in Britain.
7.30pm Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Square, London WC1
e-mail blooms.theatre@ucl.ac.uk 020 7388 8822
details from Clive Bettington 07941 367 882 c.bettington@jeecs.org.uk
supported by the Kessler Foundation. The Jewish Institute (University College London), Kingston University and is part of the International Forum for Yiddish Culture project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

NEW YIDDISH/ENGLISH OPERETTA: Ballad of Monish

Marty Green productions introduces:
The Ballad of Monish
a one-man musical play
written and performed by Marty Green
Sunday Nov. 21 Berney Theater 123 Doncaster St. Winnipeg 2:00 pm/8:30 pm
Tickets: 2 for $25.00

Multi-talented Winnipeg-based interpreter of Yiddish culture Marty Green introduces his latest offering in the form of a two-hour musical play, "The Ballad of Monish", based on a classic poem by I. L. Peretz. What starts out as a Jewish retelling of the classic Faust legend quickly turns into a rollicking, satirical look at traditional Jewish attitudes towards religion, sex, and the non-Jewish world. Marty Green has taken this epic ballad and adapted it to a lively jazz-klezmer setting, interleaving his own razor-sharp English translations with the original Yiddish lyrics. There is more info on the show at http://www.onforeignsoil.com/monish.htm including an audio clip of the opening number.

Marty Green first appeared on the Yiddish scene in the year 2000 with the publication of On Foreign Soil, his masterful translation of the memoirs of Falk Zolf, with a twist: the translation starts in English and gradually turns back to Yiddish as you read it. In 2003 he followed this up with his first CD, A Boy Named Sureh, which includes Yiddish translations of such popular songs as A Boy Named Sue, Little Jimmy Brown (The Three Bells), and My Way. With The Ballad of Monish, Green hopes to introduce the humor, charm and poetry of Yiddish to a wider audience with no previous knowledge of the language. For more information on Marty Green and his creative works, call 204-774-4932

or visit his website at www.onforeignsoil.com

PARADE at "Bound4Broadway"

"Bound4Broadway" (www.bound4broadway.org), a nonprofit youth theatre company in the Washington, DC area, is currently in production for "Parade", the tragic, true story of the trial and lynching of Leo Frank, a Brooklyn- born Jew, living in Georgia in 1913. The show won Tony? Awards for Best Book and Best Score in 2000.
The show is scheduled for performances
June 18-20, 2004 and June 25-26, 2004
Georgetown Prep. School in Rockville, MD.
for additional information....

Leo Frank, wrongly accused of murdering a 13 year old girl under his employ, Leo is already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him. A sensationalist publisher and a janitor's false testimony seal Leo's fate. His only defenders are a governor with a conscience, and, eventually, his assimilated Southern wife who finds the strength and love to become his greatest champion. Daring, innovative and bold, "Parade" won well-earned Tony? Awards for Best Book and Best Score in 2000. Its subject matter offers a moral lesson about the dangers of prejudice and ignorance that must not be forgotten. This production will be performed by a cast of students from a variety of local area high schools, along with several middle school students. The cast is fully engaged in this project. The directors and producers are working hard to make sure that the kids really absorb the import of the subject matter and it's not just a "show" to them. This is already coming through in the quality of their rehearsals.

Shifre Lerer at Kavehoyz

Kavehoyz, sponsored by the Congress for Jewish Culture, will feature the actress Shifre Lerer, star of the Yiddish stage since the 1940s. (She was the lead in the Yiddish film "God, Man, and Devil"). The program "Al dos guts" - From all the best - will feature songs, skits and memoirs. At the piano - Herb Kaplan.
Thursday, March 25, 7:00 PM
at the Congress for Jewish Culture
25 E. 21st. NYC
information: 212-505-8040
admission: $10 includes kosher pastry and coffee.

Yiddish 'Pirates of Penzance'

GET READY NYC! because on May 2, 2004 Zalmen Mlotek will conduct the New Yiddish Chorale in a Folksbiene Theatre presentation of Al Grand's Yiddish version of "The Pirates of Penzance" (a.k.a., DI YAM GAZLONIM) at Temple Shaaray Tefila, 250 East 79th Street (at Second Avenue), New York on Sunday, May 2, 2004 at 3:00PM. For ticket information and group sales please call the Folksbiene at (212) 213-2120... more info... This performance is being presented in honor of the legendary actor, folk-singer, and Yiddish music icon Theodore Bikel in celebration of his 80th birthday. Mr. Bikel will be in attendance. For additional information please visit this website: www.folksbiene.org/readspecial.htm#pirates

"The Dybbuk" in Newton

Jack Falk writes:
About 10 years ago I was drafted as music director for a puppet theater production of "The Dybbuk" here in Portland. (Since then I've worked on two other productions of the same play, leading me to speculate that while possession might not actually be 9/10 of the law, it was certainly approaching 9/10 of my musical activity.)
After all this time, "Between Two Worlds/The Dybbuk" has been remounted, and this time it's going on the road. In Boston, there are two performances: Sat 2/28 8 pm and Sun 2/29 2 pm at the Jewish Theatre of New England, Leventhal-Sidman JCC, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton. For ticket info: 617-965-5226 or Pgoldman@jccgb.org
-Here's a link to the article in playbill.com:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/print/83609.html

"Ketubah" at the Houston Ballet

The San Francisco-based choreographer, Julia Adam, has created a ballet entitled "Ketubah" for the Houston Ballet which will have its world premiere tonight, February 26th at the Wortham Center in Houston. For more info...

Included are a mikvah scene and a joyous wedding celebration. The music is performed by "The Best Little Klezmer Band in Texas", led by violinist/vocalist Marcia Sterling. Isabelle Ganz is featured vocalist for a Russian song during the Mikvah scene. Performances are February 26, 28, 29 and March 5,6, & 7.
http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/cef/wortham/boxoffice.htm