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SOUL DOCTOR: The Shlomo Musical, the new Broadway-bound musical celebrating the life and music of Shlomo Carlebach, will be in New Orleans for its pre-Broadway tour at the same time as the 2010 General Assembly and International Lion of Judah Conference.

The November-December public programming schedule at the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has been announced.

SOUL DOCTOR: The Shlomo Musical, the new Broadway-bound musical celebrating the life and music of Shlomo Carlebach, will be in New Orleans for its pre-Broadway tour at the same time as the 2010 General Assembly and International Lion of Judah Conference.

SOUL DOCTOR: The Shlomo Musical, the new Broadway-bound musical celebrating the life and music of Shlomo Carlebach, will be in New Orleans for its pre-Broadway tour at the same time as the 2010 General Assembly and International Lion of Judah Conference.

Back by popular demand, SOUL DOCTOR: The Shlomo Musical, a theatrical production celebrating the life and music of Shlomo Carlebach, will return to New Orleans for a limited engagement at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, before heading to Broadway in 2011.

The November-December public programming schedule at the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has been announced.

Broadway veteran Mike Burstyn is set to star in the new musical The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer at the Baruch Performing Arts Center. Previews of this world premiere musical will begin May 25th.

The international stage, film and television star Mike Burstyn plays the title role in the world premiere of a new musical, 'The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer,' which the Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene presents this spring beginning May 25. Burstyn, a two-time Kinor David-winner (Israel's Oscar), starred in Folksbiene's widely acclaimed hit musical revue 'On Second Avenue' for which he earned a 2006 best actor in a musical Drama Desk nomination. The show will close on June 27.

When Isaiah Sheffer first walked into the dilapidated movie house on Broadway and 95th Street in the late '70s he saw some kind of makeshift boxing ring on the creaky stage.  But what he envisioned was a great center for the arts on the Upper West Side that filled the wide cultural gap between Lincoln Center and Columbia University.

On June 7 at 7:30 p.m., Symphony Space presents a monumental evening of entertainment, 32 years in the making, as the venerable cultural center celebrates co-founder, voce of Selected Shorts and out-going Artistic Director Isaiah Sheffer with Isaiah Fest.

Broadway veteran Mike Burstyn is set to star in the new musical The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer at the Baruch Performing Arts Center. Previews of this world premiere musical will begin May 25th.

Broadway veteran Mike Burstyn is set to star in the new musical The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer at the Baruch Performing Arts Center. Previews of this world premiere musical will begin May 25th.

Broadway veteran Mike Burstyn is set to star in the new musical The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer at the Baruch Performing Arts Center. Previews of this world premiere musical will begin May 25th.

Broadway veteran Mike Burstyn is set to star in the new musical The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer at the Baruch Performing Arts Center. Previews of this world premiere musical will begin May 25th.

The international stage, film and television star Mike Burstyn has just been cast to play the title role in the world premiere of a new musical, 'The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer,' which the Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene presents this spring beginning May 25.

On June 7 at 7:30 p.m., Symphony Space presents a monumental evening of entertainment, 32 years in the making, as the venerable cultural center celebrates co-founder, voce of Selected Shorts and out-going Artistic Director Isaiah Sheffer with Isaiah Fest.

The Obie Award-winning actress Mina Bern, who, over her long stage and film career, performed in five languages, and appeared on four continents, died after a recent illness on Sunday, January 10, 2010.

The celebrated Jewish philanthropist Ernest W. Michel will be honored at Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, on Monday, June 8, 2009 at 7:30pm, in a gala concert presented by the Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene. Folksbiene's musical celebration, entitled 'Fun Dor Tsu Dor - From Generation to Generation,' brings together a multi-generational cast of stars from both the Yiddish and mainstream theatre worlds.

The celebrated Jewish philanthropist Ernest W. Michel will be honored at Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, on Monday, June 8, 2009 at 7:30pm, in a gala concert presented by the Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene. Folksbiene's musical celebration, entitled 'Fun Dor Tsu Dor - From Generation to Generation,' brings together a multi-generational cast of stars from both the Yiddish and mainstream theatre worlds.

White Plains Performing Arts Center presents 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.'