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Yiddish Theater’s Legacy in American Performance

The legacy of Yiddish theater is alive on stage and screens today, particularly in a distinct brand of New York comedy. As the New York Times wrote in a recent review, “Where else but on the Yiddish stage would a comic relish the opportunity to expound on Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity to a friend on a park bench: ‘If you’re in a room with a woman, kissing her, an hour is like a minute,’ he explains. ‘But if you should sit on a hot stove, a second is like a year.’ To which his friend replies: ‘And from this he makes a living?’ “











When: Mon., Jul. 18, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Where: Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave.
212-534-1672
Price: $25
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The legacy of Yiddish theater is alive on stage and screens today, particularly in a distinct brand of New York comedy. As the New York Times wrote in a recent review, “Where else but on the Yiddish stage would a comic relish the opportunity to expound on Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity to a friend on a park bench: ‘If you’re in a room with a woman, kissing her, an hour is like a minute,’ he explains. ‘But if you should sit on a hot stove, a second is like a year.’ To which his friend replies: ‘And from this he makes a living?’ “

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