Photo Coverage: Folksbiene Honors Michael Tilson Thomas at Avery Fisher Hall
"The Thomashefskys" were on stage again last night as Michael Tilson Thomas & the New York Philharmonic presented his acclaimed multi-media concert of the Music and Memories of Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky This years gala honored David and Sylvia Steiner as well as Tilson Thomas.
Folksbiene is the sole surviving professional Yiddish Theatre in America and it preserves and adds to the legacy of Yiddish theatre, which flourished on Second Avenue and was domnated by Tilson Thomas's legendary grandparents ‘The Thomashefskys."
The concert featured performers Judy Blazer, Shuler Hensley, Eugene Brancoveanu, and Ronit Widmann-Levy and was directed by Patricia Birch. Maestro Tilson Thomas was the host, narrator and conducted the NY Philharmonic in this remarkable event.
Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff
Avery Fisher Hall
David Steiner & Fyvish Finkel
Slyvia & David Steiner, Fyvish Finkel
Fyvish Finkel & Stephen Sorokoff
Corey Breier & Beck Lee
David Steiner & Frank Gehry
Board Chairman Jeffrey Wiesenfeld
Joseph Benincasa Pres. & CEO The Actors Fund he Actors Fund
The Award
Internationally acclaimed architect Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry & Maestro Thomas
Jamie deRoy & Joseph Benincasa
The Steiners & Tilson Thomas
The Awards
AVERY FISHER HALL
AVERY FISHER HALL
David Steiner, Stephen Sorokoff, Jamie deRoy
The Concert
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