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In the video below, Caraid O'Brien, Irish-born Catholic actress, playwright, translator and Yiddish expert, explains Yiddish Theatre's influence on legendary absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco. Check it out!

Distinguished Israeli actor, Gera Sandler, has joined the cast of the upcoming Yiddish world premiere of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros in the role of Dudard.

Yesterday, the cast of the Yiddish world premiere of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros held its costume parade, the point in rehearsal where actors model their costumes for the director's approval. The resplendent wardrobe for Rhinoceros has been created by innovative designer Susannah Norris-Lindsay. Scroll down for a sneak peek!

At the first rehearsal, director Moshe Yassur succinctly explained to the play's cast Ionesco's perception of Theatre of the Absurd, as documented in the video below! Called 'an allegory for our times' by The New York Times, Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros is generally cited as one of the main influences of Theatre of the Absurd.

For its first production of the 2017-18 season, New Yiddish Rep will present the Yiddish world premiere of Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco. Tickets go on sale today!

For its first production of the 2017/2018 season, New Yiddish Rep will present the Yiddish world premiere of RHINOCEROS by Eugene Ionesco. Performances will begin September 7th, with the Opening on Thursday, September 14th at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42 Street (between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.) RHINOCEROS will be performed in Yiddish with English supertitles.

Making his theatrical debut as the scribe in the New Yiddish Rep's GOD OF VENGEANCE, real-life lawyer and ex-Hasid Eli Rosen told American Theater's Simi Horowitz that he believes in 'transparency': 'The only way to effect change is to shine a light on what goes on behind closed doors.' Or in the case of Sholem Asch's controversial 1907 play, in the basement of a brothel owned by Yankl Shapshovitch, deftly played by Shane Baker, a Yiddish stage veteran with a Vaudeville background.GOD OF VENGEANCE is a large, sprawling text, full of complex characters whose motives invite debate. In this, Asch's play embodies the best traditions of Judaism, along with the brokenness he sees in Judaism's most extreme forms. Still, Asch did not want the play produced in the wake of the Holocaust, fearing it might fuel anti-semitism. The issue is not lost on modern interpreters of Asch's text, but the New Yiddish Rep approaches the play with all the rigor and sensitivity one would wish from a Rabbinic scholar poring over a verse of the Talmud.

New Yiddish Rep (NYR) is bringing back by popular demand the controversial classic "God of Vengeance" for a special encore running for two weeks at Theatre at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street, from Tues March 14 to Monday March 27. 

New Yiddish Rep's revival of the controversial classic 'God of Vengeance' just hosted a talk-back, allowing audiences to delve deeply into aspects of this groundbreaking play by Sholem Asch. Just last night Rebecca Taichman (the director and co-creator of the Broadway-bound play 'Indecent,' which is based on the history of the play, and Gene Steinberg), headed to LaMaMa for the discussion and she was joined by some of her Indecent cast. BroadwayWorld brings you photos below!

New Yiddish Rep's highly anticipated revival of the controversial classic 'God of Vengeance' will host two talk-backs of note that allow audiences to delve deeply into aspects of this groundbreaking play by Sholem Asch.

New Yiddish Rep's highly anticipated 'God of Vengeance,' begins previews for a five-week Off-Broadway run at La MaMa, 74A East 4th Street, starting tonight, December 22. It opens on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25 at 7:30pm.

New Yiddish Rep's highly anticipated revival of the controversial classic "God of Vengeance" will host two talk-backs of note that allow audiences to delve deeply into aspects of this groundbreaking play by Sholem Asch.

New York audiences will be treated to the first revival in Yiddish in many decades of Sholem Asch's shocking and ahead-of-its-time drama "God of Vengeance," the basis of the Broadway-bound play "Indecent." Directed by and featuring the Tony nominee Eleanor Reissa, "God of Vengeance" begins previews at La MaMa, 74A East 4th Street, starting December 22. It opens on Christmas Day.

Casting is now complete for New Yiddish Rep's highly anticipated 'God of Vengeance,' which begins previews for a five-week Off-Broadway run at La MaMa, 74A East 4th Street, starting December 22. It opens on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25 at 7:30pm.

This Saturday, March 15, 2014, The Dr. Susan Block Show, broadcasting live from Bonoboville at LAX, will celebrate the Irish/Jewish convergence of Purim AND St. Patrick's Day in one lucky show! International sexologist Dr. Susan Block will deliver a condensed version of her annual Purimspiel on the Biblical Story of Esther, the ancient heroine who averts a genocide with nothing but her Weapons of Mass Seduction, AND investigate the story of St. Patrick, a British prince kidnapped by Irish pirates who goes on to become the patron saint of Ireland.