BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 13, 2016
One of the great ironies in the entertainment world is the endurance of a fear that a play, film or TV show might be “too Jewish” for general audiences. Broadway and Hollywood owe their very existence to their roots in Yiddish theater, a fact that...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published May 9, 2012
The New Jewish Theatre closes out its 2011-2012 season with “Jacob and Jack,” acclaimed playwright James Sherman’s delightfully funny and nostalgic look at the decline of American Yiddish theater and the desperation of down-on-their luck actors....
“Jacob and Jack,” the final production of the New Jewish Theatre’s 2011-2012 season, combines elements of contemporary and Yiddish theater in a classic marital farce complicated by dual role-playing. It will be presented from May 3-20 in the Wool...
