The Essence: A Yiddish Theater Dim Sum

The Essence: A Yiddish Theater Dim Sum was created and is performed by Alan Lewis Rickman, Yelena Shmulenson, and Steve Sterner, three of the younger veterans of Yiddish theater. "We tell the entire history of the Yiddish theater, kinda-sorta, in eighty minutes," said Rickman. "We tell stories in English and act and sing in Yiddish (with supertitles), and the audience laughs and cries and whatevers. And it’s 99 44/100% nostalgia-free."