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Press Releases
"KIDS & YIDDISH” TURNS TEN! FOLKSBIENE CELEBRATES KIDS CLASSIC WITH BEST-OF RETROSPECTIVE "A PERFECT TSEN!" - POPULAR HOLIDAY TREAT - PREMIERES NOVEMBER 22


TOVAH FELDSHUH, TSIDII, JANA ROBBINS, CHARLOTTE COHN & KLEZMER RAP ARTIST SOCALLED STAR IN “A BROADWAY YIDDISH CABARET”

ONE-NIGHT-ONLY OCTOBER 21

FOLKSBIENE YIDDISH THEATRE CROSS-BREEDS BROADWAY AND YIDDISH IN BENEFIT CONCERT KICKING OFF RESIDENCY AT BARUCH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
  FOLKSBIENE SALUTES ERNEST W. MICHEL AT TOWN HALL ON JUNE 8 MUSICAL CELEBRATION BRINGS TOGETHER BROADWAY AND YIDDISH THEATRE STARS ELIE WIESEL AND OTHER LUMINARIES HONOR THOSE WHO PROTECT AND PERPETUATE YIDDISHKEIT FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
"KIDS & YIDDISH" CELEBRATES ITS 10TH SEASON
FOLKSBIENE MOVES TO NEW OFFICES WITH REHEARSAL SPACE - VENERABLE COMPANY STARTS 94TH CONSECUTIVE SEASON WITH RENEWED ENERGY - MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS FOR UPCOMING SEASON INCLUDE AN I.B. SINGER U.S. PREMIERE AND A WORLD PREMIERE
FOLKSBIENE'S CARL REINER SALUTE AT TOWN HALL A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
FOLKSBIENE SALUTES CARL REINER AT TOWN HALL GALA ON JUNE 17
THEODORE BIKEL, BARBARA KIRSHENBLATT GIMBLETT TO RECEIVE THIRD ANNUAL MLOTEK PRIZE FOR YIDDISH AND YIDDISH CULTURE
FOLKSBIENE REVIVES "THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT" BY ISRAEL'S BEST-KNOWN COMIC WRITER
  "KIDS & YIDDISH: ODE TO OY!"
  FOLKSBIENE PRESENTS OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE OF "KLEYNKUNST!" REBECCA JOY FLETCHER'S ACCLAIMED CABARET THEATRE SPECTACLE
   
Articles
PITTSBURGH JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL CELEBRATES EVOLVING STYLES, CULTURES
WHEN BEING 86 IS NO BIG DEAL
REISSA, ABELSON AND MLOTEK TO PERFORM AT NATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE BENEFIT; DR. RUTH TO HOST
  FOLKSBIENE GETS INTO BED WITH "THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT"
  THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
  NINETY YEARS OF YIDDISH ON STAGE BY NAHMA SANDROW
ZALMEN MLOTEK MOVE OVER MAX BY JEANETTE FRIEDMAN
   
Reviews
GIMPEL TAM - NEW YORK POST
GIMPEL TAM - NEW YORK OBSERVER
GIMPEL TAM - NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW
GIMPEL TAM - A CURTAINUP REVIEW
GIMPEL TAM - BACK STAGE REVIEW
GIMPEL TAM - BEWARE OF BECOMING GIMPEL THE FOOL
GIMPEL TAM - 'GIMPEL' GRACES FOLKSBIENE STAGE
DI KSUBE (THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT) - "ENJOYABLE IN ANY LANGUAGE"
DI KSUBE (THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT) - "A MUSICAL HIT FOR THE NATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE"
DI KSUBE (THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT) - "FUNNY, REAL, AND WELL WORTH WATCHING" - NYTHEATRE.COM
  DI KSUBE (THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT) - "ONE FOR ALL FAMILIES" - BACKSTAGE.COM
  DI KSUBE (THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT) - "A TREASURE TROVE OF BROAD COMEDY" - CURTAINUP.COM
  DI KSUBE (THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT) - "HI SPIRITED...FUNNY" - THE NEW YORK TIMES
  DI KSUBE (THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT) - "DELIGHTFUL…PULSES WITH HUMOR" - FORWARD.COM
  DI KSUBE (THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT) - "BE TICKLED..." - GOSSIP CENTRAL
AT A YIDDISH CABARET, HOPE DESPAIR AND SONG
  A YIDDISH VAUDEVILLE


2006-2007 Season

Reviews
NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF "DI YAM GAZLONIM"
  BACKSTAGE REVIEW OF "DI YAM GAZLONIM"
Video
NY1 FEATURE STORY ABOUT "DI YAM GAZLONIM"