Thursday, May 23, 2013 Sivan 14, 5773
They are related on stage, but unrelated off, playing a Tzeitel and Chava who share different 'shtetls'
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Tzeitel and shtetl -- perfect together? On the one hand, the role of eldest daughter has done pretty well by a number of actresses -- Bette Midler, Sharon Lawrence -- in the 46 years since the original of "Fiddler on the Roof" first scratched out its timeless tune. On the other hand ... there is no other hand. And Rita...
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Composer Charles Strouse Gershman Y's wise choice for honor
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Forget Doppler1000, forget AccuWeather. Hibernate this, Puxatawney Phil: Charles Strouse is the most successful weather forecaster of all time. After all, the man who wrote "Grey skies are going to clear up," and "The sun will come out tomorrow" has been right 100 percent of the time. Take that, Weather Channel, and stick it where the sun ... well, where...
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... where a kosher comic proves his mettle
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Here's a headline not for the Wall Street weak: "Gold Soars; Dullards Devalued." Such is the result of the riches afforded by former economics major Elon Gold, whose stock in supersmart, smack-in-the-face funny is a funny bones bailout for these unbankable times. As a stand-up comedian, he also stands up for the joys of Judaism, which, suffice it to say,...
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And Jessica Hecht is one of the reasons the revival rivets so
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She is one of Arthur Miller's marvels -- women married to husbands who are more mystery than men, emotionally eviscerated weak warriors and nominal heads of the household whose heads are swirling with failed fantasies. Jessica Hecht's Beatrice knows what it means to be married to such a mangled menace of a man, for it is Eddie Carbone whose incestuous...
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Hugh Panaro's pointed portrayal earns acclaim, new insights at Walnut
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That was the decision -- sensitive, without a sniff of a second thought -- that has helped make Fagin of Oliver Twist fame not such a fearful figure raising the ante of anti-Semitism in the new production of "Oliver!" -- the book-based musical now at the Walnut Street Theatre. "When I was offered the role, I sat down with [director]...
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