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Light, Lively and Yiddish
Musical
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Oct 27, 1970
Closing Date
Jan 09, 1971
1st Preview
Oct 20, 1970
1st Preview
Oct 20, 1970
Previews
8
Performances
87
Musical
Original
Broadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Belasco Theatre
(Oct 27, 1970 - Jan 09, 1971)
Setting
A Shtetl, New York City and Israel
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Sol Dickstein
Music by
Eli Rubinstein
; Text:
A. Shulman
,
Wolf Younin
and
Sylvia Younin
; Lyrics by
A. Shulman
,
Wolf Younin
and
Sylvia Younin
; Book adapted by
Ben Bonus
; Additional text by
M. Gershenson
,
Ch. N. Bialik
,
Ch. Cheffer
and
Mina Bern
Directed by
Mina Bern
; Musical Staging and Choreography by
Felix Fibich
Scenic Design by
Josef Ijaky
; Costume Design by
Sylvia Friedlander
General Manager:
Lawrence Rothman
Stage Manager:
Bernard Sauer
Conducted by
Renee Solomon
Press Representative:
Max Eisen
,
Sol Dickstein
and
Milly Schoenbaum
Mina Bern
Zelde
Ben Bonus
Hershele of Ostropolie
Reizl Bozyk
Dumpling Woman
Innkeeper
Marcia Brooks
Dancer
Helen Butleroff
Dancer
David Carey
Kvas Seller
Diane Cypkin
Gitele
Jack Dyville
Dancer
David Ellin
English Narrator
Harry Endicott
Dancer
Robyn Kessler
Dancer
Miriam Kressyn
Sosye the Peacemaker
Leon Liebgold
Rag Seller
Kalmen
Lili Liliana
Bagel Woman
Maggie Masullo
Dancer
Tony Masullo
Dancer
Eileen McCabe
Dancer
Seymour Rexite
Nokhem the Broker
Joseph Tripolino
Dancer
Songs
music by
Eli Rubinstein
; lyrics by
A. Shulman
and
Sylvia Younin
Act 1
A Yarid (A Fair)
Yiddish
Shver Tsu Zain a Yidene (It's Hard To Be a Jewish Woman)
Dus Hut Mir Kainer Nit Gezugt (Nobody Told Me This)
Tsen Azeyger (Ten O'Clock)
Tfile Tsu Got (Prayer to God)
Vu Iz Voysher? (Where is Justice?)
A Freilekhs
A Joyful Song
Act 2
Light Lively and Yiddish
Khavertes (Girl Friends)
Tsu Mayn Dor (The Song of My Generation)
Israel
A Shukh Putser (Shoe Shine Boy)
A Briv (A Letter)
S'vet Kumen Der Tog (The Day Will Come)
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Sol Dickstein
Music by
Eli Rubinstein
; Text:
A. Shulman
,
Wolf Younin
and
Sylvia Younin
; Lyrics by
A. Shulman
,
Wolf Younin
and
Sylvia Younin
; Book adapted by
Ben Bonus
; Additional text by
M. Gershenson
,
Ch. N. Bialik
,
Ch. Cheffer
and
Mina Bern
Directed by
Mina Bern
; Musical Staging and Choreography by
Felix Fibich
Scenic Design by
Josef Ijaky
; Costume Design by
Sylvia Friedlander
General Manager:
Lawrence Rothman
Stage Manager:
Bernard Sauer
Conducted by
Renee Solomon
Press Representative:
Max Eisen
,
Sol Dickstein
and
Milly Schoenbaum
Mina Bern
Zelde
Ben Bonus
Hershele of Ostropolie
Reizl Bozyk
Dumpling Woman
Innkeeper
Marcia Brooks
Dancer
Helen Butleroff
Dancer
David Carey
Kvas Seller
Diane Cypkin
Gitele
Jack Dyville
Dancer
David Ellin
English Narrator
Harry Endicott
Dancer
Robyn Kessler
Dancer
Miriam Kressyn
Sosye the Peacemaker
Leon Liebgold
Rag Seller
Kalmen
Lili Liliana
Bagel Woman
Maggie Masullo
Dancer
Tony Masullo
Dancer
Eileen McCabe
Dancer
Seymour Rexite
Nokhem the Broker
Joseph Tripolino
Dancer
music by
Eli Rubinstein
; lyrics by
A. Shulman
and
Sylvia Younin
Act 1
A Yarid (A Fair)
Yiddish
Shver Tsu Zain a Yidene (It's Hard To Be a Jewish Woman)
Dus Hut Mir Kainer Nit Gezugt (Nobody Told Me This)
Tsen Azeyger (Ten O'Clock)
Tfile Tsu Got (Prayer to God)
Vu Iz Voysher? (Where is Justice?)
A Freilekhs
A Joyful Song
Act 2
Light Lively and Yiddish
Khavertes (Girl Friends)
Tsu Mayn Dor (The Song of My Generation)
Israel
A Shukh Putser (Shoe Shine Boy)
A Briv (A Letter)
S'vet Kumen Der Tog (The Day Will Come)
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