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Ehud Manor
… to work in the theater was in writing songs for a play staged in the theater From The Land of Oz: 'Hannah'leh and …
Sigmund Mogulesko
… Mogulesko became ill and was forced to retire from the stage. He passed away on February 4, 1914 at his home in …
Leon Blank
… the play 'David's Violin' in 1897 catapulted his career on stage. In addition to a busy performing schedule, Blank … films, but Blank preferred to remain on the Yiddish theater stage. Blank’s recording career included eight albums …
Anshel Schorr
… peruse their exhibit entitled, “ Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage ,” more specifically, the page on Mayn yiddishe …
Aaron Lebedeff
… he often appeared in Warsaw, where he began his career on stage. He was nicknamed “Litvak Komiker,” (the Lithuanian Yiddish comic) both for his stage manner, and for the humorous songs he composed and … at New York's National Theatre, where on April 9, 1930 he staged Kalmanovitsh's Motke fun Slobodke . Lebedeff …
Paul Muni (Weisenfreund)
… in 1899. As a young boy, Muni made several appearances on stage with his parents. His formal stage debut was in 1907, after which he was recruited to … the Irving Place Theater during his 18 years on the Yiddish stage. In 1926, Muni made his first Broadway appearance in …
Harry Von Tilzer
… theatrical troupe. It was at this point that he adopted the stage name Von Tilzer, an artistic embellishment of his …
Richard Rodgers
… on popular music. Biographies: Rodgers, Richard. Musical Stages: An Autobiography. New York: Random House, 1975. …
Bertha Kalish
… Lemberg (present day Lviv, Ukraine) ca. 1872. She began her stage career as a member of the choir at the Polish … career, Kalish continued to make appearances on the Yiddish stage, most notably in Joseph Rumshinsky 's revival …
Regina Prager
… Regina Prager was born in Lemberg ca.1866. Prager began her stage career at Yankev Ber Gimpel’s Yiddish Theater, where …