Yentl
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Opened Oct 27, 2002
Closed Dec 29, 2002
Opened Oct 27, 2002
Closed Dec 29, 2002
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The first-ever Yiddish-language adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer's laureate play stars Eleanor Reissa in the title role of the young girl who impersonates a boy in order to attend a yeshiva. Yentl is directed by Robert Kalfin, who staged the original Broadway production.
Simultaneous translation via headsets is provided.
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When Yentl cries out, "Papa, can you hear me?" you expect to hear a song -- but no song follows. The memory of Barbra Streisand's voice is wrapped around the current revival of this play like a tallis. If the semi-musical movie's fame has outstripped that of the straight play upon which it was based, at least you can now see Yentl in a style and setting much closer to its roots. It has been revived by the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre and is presently being performed in Yiddish (an English translation may be heard through headphones) at the company's new location, the PCMH Theatre on West 36th Street.
In 1973, Yentl, based on a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, opened Off-Broadway. Writte[...]