Blog
(New York, NY)
I had a blast talking about “Jews and the Golden Age of Broadway” with fellow theatre mavens Alisa Solomon, Stuart Hecht, and Liz Wollman. Mazel tov to the Sandra Kahn Wasserman Center for Jewish Studies at Baruch College on a wonderful event.
Here’s the full line-up for the day-long symposium:
The Making of Jewish Theater
Panel I – 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM – “The History of Yiddish Theater”
Panelists: Alyssa Quint; David Mazower; Nahma Sandrow; Edna Nahshon
Panel II – 3:00 – 4:30 PM – “Jews and the Golden Age of Broadway”
Panelists: Alisa Solomon; Stuart Hecht; Henry Bial
Panel III – 5:30 – 7:00 PM – “Jewish Theater Today”
Panelists: David Mandelbaum; Jesse Freedman; Dan Fishback; Motl Didner
Keynote Address – 7:30 – 3:30 – Danny Burstein
with Alisa Solomon, Columbia University
Appearances
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“Morning Edition”
National Public Radio
Today’s NPR’s Morning Edition listeners can hear me offer expert commentary on the phenomenon of non-Jewish actors playing Jewish roles.
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Tsitsit Talks
(United Kingdom and online)
It was my honor to be the (virtual) guest of Tsitsit, The Jewish Fringe Festival, Britain’s first ever Jewish fringe theatre fest. My conversation with Ben Naylor of the Royal Central School was stimulating, touching on everything from the phenomenon of casting gentiles in Jewish roles to the comparative theatrical legacies of Shylock and Tevye. The session *was* recorded, and may be live-streamed as an ‘encore’ presentation at a later date. Watch this space for details.
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The Leo Baeck Institute of London
(London, UK)
“Jewish on Demand: Representation and Difference in the Streaming Era”
