Edison Theatre, (11/7/1990 - 2/24/1991)

Category: Musical, Revue, Original, Broadway

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by Edison Management Corporation

Produced by Moe Septee; Produced in association with Victor H. Potamkin, Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld

Conception and continuity: Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld; Musical Director: Zalmen Mlotek; Music by Joseph Rumshinsky ("Shloymele-Malkele"), Ben Yomen ("Shabes, Shabes, Shabes" (Welcoming the Sabbath)), Gioacchino Rossini ("Figaro's Aria" (From The Barber of Seville)), Lew Pollack ("My Yiddishe Mame"), Sholom Secunda ("Bei Mir Bistu Schoen" (To Me, You're Beautiful)) and Samuel Steinberg ("Yosl, Yosl"); Words by Itsik Manger ("Yosl Ber"; folk-melody), Mani Leib ("Mamenyu Tayere" (Dear Mama); folk-melody), Ben Bonus ("Shabes, Shabes, Shabes" (Welcoming the Sabbath)), Jack Yeller ("My Yiddishe Mame"), Jacob Jacobs ("Bei Mir Bistu Schoen" (To Me, You're Beautiful)) and Nellie Casman ("Yosl, Yosl"); Words and Music by M. Warshavsky ("Ofyn Pripetshik" (At the Fireplace); "Di Rod" (The Circle)), M. Gebirtig ("Ver Der Ershter Vet Lakhn" (Who Will Laugh First?), "Motele"), A. Lebedeff ("Hudl Mitn Shtrudl" (Hudl with the Shtrudl); "Rumania, Rumania"), Sholom Secunda ("Rumania, Rumania"), Gene Raskin ("Those Were the Days"), Mel Tolkin ("The Palace of the Czar"), Hymie Jacobson ("Litvak/Galitsyaner"), Bella Meisel ("Papirosn" (Cigarettes)) and Herman Yablokoff ("Papirosn" (Cigarettes)); Yiddish Lyrics by Chana Mlotek ("Yiddish International Radio Hour"), Robert Abelson ("Figaro's Aria" (From The Barber of Seville)) and Moishe Rosenfeld ("Figaro's Aria" (From The Barber of Seville)); English Lyrics by Sammy Cahn ("Bei Mir Bistu Schoen" (To Me, You're Beautiful)) and Saul Chaplin ("Bei Mir Bistu Schoen" (To Me, You're Beautiful)); Based on a story by I. L. Peretz ("On a Moonlit Night") and Sholom Aleichem ("Kasrilevke Restoran" (A Restuarant in Kasrilevke); "Shalakh-Mones" (Gifts for Purim)); American folksong adapted by Wolf Younin ("Halevay Volt Ikh Singl Geven" (I Wish I Were Single Again)); From the repertoire of Menashe Oppenheim ("Mamenyu Tayere" (Dear Mama); folk-melody); Folksong "Saposhkelekh" (The Boots) from the research of Michael Alpert; From the "Forbidden Songs" of Soviet Jews as recorded by David Eshet ("Mayn Alte Heym"); Based on a song by Fishl Kanapoff ("Hootsatsa"); Additional material by E. Cecuona, Jacques Offenbach, M. Makeba, Frank Loesser, Manos Hadjidakis, B. Towne, Bruce Adler, Robert Abelson, Mina Bern and Eleanor Reissa

Directed by Eleanor Reissa; Choreographed by Eleanor Reissa

Lighting Design by Tom Sturge; Scenic Design by Tom Sturge; Costume Design by Gail Cooper-Hecht; Sound Design by Jim Badrak and Alan Gregorie; Hair Design by Teddy Jenkins

General Manager: Leonard Soloway; Company Manager: Abby Evans

Production Manager: Peter Lawrence; Production Stage Manager: Charles Blackwell; Stage Manager: Greta Minsky; Technical Supervisor: Theatrical Services, Inc.

Woodwinds: Howard Leshaw; Keyboards: Alkiviades Steriopoulos; Drums: Allen Herman and John Redsecker; Bass: Edward Conte; Piano: Zalmen Mlotek; Music Contractor: Howard Leshaw; Conducted by Zalmen Mlotek

General Press Representative: Max Eisen; Press Representative: Madelon Rosen Solomon; Advertising: LeDonne & Wilner

Robert Abelson	Performer
Bruce Adler	Performer
Mina Bern	Performer
The Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra	Orchestra
Eleanor Reissa	Performer
Lori Wilner	Performer

Understudies: Norman Atkins Understudy for Mr. Abelson (Performer), Sandra Ben Dor Understudy for Ms. Reissa and Ms. Wilner (Performer), Shifra Lerer Understudy for Ms. Bern (Performer), Stuart Zagnit Understudy for Mr. Adler (Performer).