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The Sorceress - Di Kishefmakherin

First Preview: Dec 01, 2019

Opening Date: Dec 01, 2019

Closing Date: Dec 29, 2019

Running Time: 02:00

The Sorceress - Di Kishefmakherin
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Playing @

Museum of Jewish Heritage

36 Battery Place New York, NY 10280

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Written in 1878, The Sorceress (Di Kishefmakherin) is one of the earliest works by Avrom Goldfaden, the acknowledged father of modern Yiddish theatre. It was brought to America in 1882 by a 14-year old Boris Thomashefsky, who would go on to become one of Yiddish theatre’s biggest stars.

Over the years, the role of the Sorceress, which was traditionally played by a man, became a dream role for some of the greatest leading men of their time. The tradition continues in this production, as Mikhl Yashinsky, from the Folksbiene’s smash-hit Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, assumes the title role. 

The Sorceress is fulfilling the Folksbiene’s dream of rescuing and restoring the essential music, lyrics, and scripts of the Yiddish theatre. The fully restored orchestrations are based, in part, on pre-Holocaust musical arrangements which were saved from destruction at the hands of the Nazis by the famed “Paper Brigade” of the YIVO in Vilna, who risked their lives to save thousands of unique documents and manuscripts. This fully-staged work is the culmination of a project which NYTF begin in 2017 to restore this classic.

“Delightful, charming and historic”The New York Jewish Week
Age Guidance

Age Guidance: 13

Show Notes

Show Notes: 1 Intermission

Audience Advisory:

In Yiddish with English & Russian translation supertitles.

Performance Schedule:

TUESDAY thru THURSDAY  @ 7 PM
SUNDAY @ 6 PM
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & SUNDAY @ 2 PM

Director

Motl Didner

Written by

Avrom Goldfaden

Choreography

Merete Muenter

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Full-price tickets

$25

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Directions Bus

M5 to South Ferry, walk north along Battery Park/State Street, turn left and walk west on Battery Place. M15 to South Ferry, walk north along Battery Park/State Street, turn left and walk west on Battery Place. M20 to Battery Park City, stops in front of Museum.

Directions Subway

4/5 to Bowling Green, walk west along Battery Place. R to Whitehall Street, walk west along Battery Place. 1 to South Ferry, walk north along Battery Park/State Street, turn left and walk west on Battery Place.

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By Subway:

4/5 to Bowling Green, walk west along Battery Place. R to Whitehall Street, walk west along Battery Place. 1 to South Ferry, walk north along Battery Park/State Street, turn left and walk west on Battery Place.

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By Bus:

M5 to South Ferry, walk north along Battery Park/State Street, turn left and walk west on Battery Place. M15 to South Ferry, walk north along Battery Park/State Street, turn left and walk west on Battery Place. M20 to Battery Park City, stops in front of Museum.