From Shtetl to Stage: A Celebration of Yiddish Music and Culture

Monday, April 15, 2019 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Mike Burstyn by Mariella Productions, Evgeny Kissin, David Krakauer by GMD, Katrina Lenk by Susan Stripling, Eleanor Reissa by Adrian Buckmaster, Gil Shaham by Luke Ratray

From Shtetl to Stage celebrates the journey of Yiddish culture from Old World to New through music, song, poetry, and humor. A company of extraordinary Yiddish talent—as well as stars of the classical, film, and theater worlds—mix chestnuts from the Yiddish theater and folk song repertoire with Yiddish-tinged vaudeville, art song, classical music, and klezmer in a program that explores how Eastern European Jewish culture interacted with and contributed to American culture at large.

Part of: Migrations: The Making of America

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Evgeny Kissin is also performing April 25 and May 16.

Performers

Seth Rogovoy, Producer and Co-Creator
Eleanor Reissa, Director, Co-Creator, and Vocalist
Frank London, Music Director, Conductor, and Trumpet

Mike Burstyn, Vocalist
Evgeny Kissin, Piano and Speaker
David Krakauer, Clarinet
Katrina Lenk, Vocalist and Violin
Gil Shaham, Violin

Joanne Borts, Vocalist
Avi Hoffman, Vocalist
Elmore James, Vocalist
Daniel Kahn, Vocalist
Dani Marcus, Vocalist
Cilla Owens, Vocalist
Lorin Sklamberg, Vocalist and Accordion

Shane Baker, Actor
Allen Lewis Rickman, Actor
Yelena Shmulenson, Actor
Irena Klepfisz, Poet

Eri Kang, Piano
Zalmen Mlotek, Piano
Kathleen Tagg, Piano

Richie Barshay, Drums
Dan Blacksberg, Trombone
Yoshie Fruchter, Guitars, Banjo, and Mandolin
Keryn Kleiman, Violin
Dan Rosengard, Piano
Jordan Sand, Bass
Michael Winograd, Clarinet