Zalmen Mlotek News

The acclaimed 1994 world premiere of the Klezmer musical Shlemiel the First, was at Boston's American Repertory Theater (ART).

The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene (now in its historic 97th consecutive season), celebrates the enduring influence of Yiddish on American popular culture at its annual Cabaret Dinner on Tuesday November 22, at the Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street.

Bryna Wasserman, who led the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in Montreal through a period of impressive growth, begins as the new executive director the award-winning National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene.

Theatre for a New Audience's 32nd season features boldly diverse plays by William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, John Ford and a joyful klezmer musical adapted by Robert Brustein from the stories of Nobel-winning Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Bryna Wasserman, who led the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in Montreal through a period of impressive growth, begins as the new executive director the award-winning National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene.

Theatre for a New Audience's 32nd season features boldly diverse plays by William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, John Ford and a joyful klezmer musical adapted by Robert Brustein from the stories of Nobel-winning Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Folksbiene's breakaway hit, 'The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer,' one of the best-reviewed shows of 2009-2010 season, returns for a special encore engagement this spring.

Folksbiene's breakaway hit, 'The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer,' one of the best-reviewed shows of 2009-2010 season, returns for a special encore engagement this spring.

Folksbiene's breakaway hit, 'The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer,' one of the best-reviewed shows of 2009-2010 season, returns for a special encore engagement this spring.

Folksbiene's breakaway hit, 'The Adventures of Hershele Ostropolyer,' one of the best-reviewed shows of 2009-2010 season, returns for a special encore engagement this spring.

Kingsborough Performing Arts Center's season of world-class Dance, Music, Theatre, and Family Shows continues with National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene's Artistic Director Zalmen Mlotek's highly entertaining "100 Years of Yiddish Musical Theatre" with special guest star Daniella Rabbani and the New Yiddish Chorale.

Kingsborough Performing Arts Center's season of world-class Dance, Music, Theatre, and Family Shows continues with National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene's Artistic Director Zalmen Mlotek's highly entertaining "100 Years of Yiddish Musical Theatre" with special guest star Daniella Rabbani and the New Yiddish Chorale.

Kingsborough Performing Arts Center's season of world-class Dance, Music, Theatre, and Family Shows continues on November 20th at 8:00 p.m. with Klea Blackhurst's Everything The Traffic Will Allow: The Songs & Sass of Ethel Merman, a critically-acclaimed show that is Klea's loving tribute to the songs made famous by the legendary stage personality Ethel Merman.

Kingsborough Performing Arts Center's season of world-class Dance, Music, Theatre, and Family Shows continues on November 20th at 8:00 p.m. with Klea Blackhurst's Everything The Traffic Will Allow: The Songs & Sass of Ethel Merman, a critically-acclaimed show that is Klea's loving tribute to the songs made famous by the legendary stage personality Ethel Merman.

Kingsborough Performing Arts Center's season of world-class Dance, Music, Theatre, and Family Shows continues with American Ballet Theatre's ABT II, Klea Blackhurst's Everything The Traffic Will Allow: The Songs & Sass of Ethel Merman, and The Fred Garbo Inflatable Theatre.

Kingsborough Performing Arts Center's 2010-2011 season of Music, Dance, Theatre, Literature, and Family shows is now on sale and with a new season brings a new executive director and a new vision for Kingsborough's oceanfront performing arts center.

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.

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.