Latest Thomashevsky Podcast Episodes
Tevye's Daughters and the Women of Fiddler
NYTF Radio - November 30, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFiddler on the Roof is the story of Tevye the Milkman and his struggles to adapt to changing traditions in his little village of Anatevke. But who’s motivating him to adapt to these changes at all? Tevye has six opinionated, intelligent, and independent women in his life — his wife, Golde, and...
The Life and Times of Kadya Molodowsky
NYTF Radio - June 22, 2022 13:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn today's episode, we have an exciting panel discussion diving into the life and times of Kadya Molodowsky featuring Molodowsky experts Kathryn Hellerstein and Anita Norich for a chat with translator Faith Jones. Kadye Molodowsky's play Ale Fenster tsu der Zun (All Windows Face the Sun) will b...
A Conversation with Jenny Romaine, Director of Ale Fentster tzu Der Zun (All Windows Face the Sun)
NYTF Radio - June 17, 2022 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this new episode of NYTF Radio, Folksbiene associate artistic director (and Ale Fentster cast member) Motl Didner sits down with director and designer Jenny Romaine to discuss her vision for the virtual production. All Windows Face the Sun is the story of Binyumen, an optimistic builder’s a...
A Conversation with Jenny Romaine, Director of Ale Fentster tzu Der Zun (All Windows Face the Sun)
NYTF Radio - June 17, 2022 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this new episode of NYTF Radio, Folksbiene associate artistic director (and Ale Fentster cast member) Motl Didner sits down with director and designer Jenny Romaine to discuss her vision for the virtual production. All Windows Face the Sun is the story of Binyumen, an optimistic builder’s a...
Harmony: A New Musical (featuring Sierra Boggess)
NYTF Radio - May 04, 2022 20:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn Today’s episode, our very own Sarah Jae Leiber sits down to talk with Actress Sierra Boggess who is currently starring in Harmony: A New Musical. In the interview, Sierra tells us how she first became involved in the project, discusses her creative relationship with Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussm...
Harmony: A New Musical (featuring Sierra Boggess)
NYTF Radio - May 04, 2022 20:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn Today’s episode, our very own Sarah Jae Leiber sits down to talk with Actress Sierra Boggess who is currently starring in Harmony: A New Musical. In the interview, Sierra tells us how she first became involved in the project, discusses her creative relationship with Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussm...
Valentine's Day Conversation with Daniella Rabbani and Motl Didner
NYTF Radio - February 14, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn today’s episode, NYTF Associate Artistic Director, Motl Didner sits down for an in depth conversation with actress Daniella Rabbani, a familiar face in the Folksbiene family. In the episode, we learn about about Daniella’s Jewish upbringing, her time studying theater at NYU, plus we hear al...
A Conversation with Rachel Blaustein | The Garden of the Finzi Continis
NYTF Radio - January 29, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWe had the opportunity to speak to Rachel Blaustein, who leads the cast of The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. The opera opened Thursday night to a sold-out crowd and a hungry audience grateful to be gathered in a theater together once again. Blaustein tells us about the way she got to know the ...
The Garden of the Finzi Continis | Creative Team (feat. Ricky Ian Gordon, Michael Korie, and Richard Stafford)
NYTF Radio - January 23, 2022 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn the latest edition of NYTF Radio, we invite you to meet the creative team behind The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, opening in less than one week and running from Jan. 27 – Feb. 6. What makes a production happen? Who are the people that create a world-premiere opera where there never was one ...
An Intimate Conversation with Zalmen Mlotek and Eleanor Reissa
NYTF Radio - January 18, 2022 05:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsToday we have a very special episode for you today, an intimate conversation between Tony-nominated former NYTF artistic director Eleanor Reissa and current NYTF artistic director Zalmen Mlotek In this exclusive interview, longtime friends Mlotek and Reissa sit down to discuss the incredible s...
An Intimate Conversation with Zalmen Mlotek and Eleanor Reissa
NYTF Radio - January 18, 2022 05:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsToday we have a very special episode for you today, an intimate conversation between Tony-nominated former NYTF artistic director Eleanor Reissa and current NYTF artistic director Zalmen Mlotek In this exclusive interview, longtime friends Mlotek and Reissa sit down to discuss the incredible s...
Kung Pao Kosher Comedy (feat. Lisa Geduldig and Ophira Eisenberg)
NYTF Radio - December 13, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn today’s episode, NYTF Literary Manager Sabina Brukner welcomes Lisa Geduldig (Kung Pao Kosher Comedy) and Ophira Eisenberg (NPR’s Ask Me Another) for a conversation about the intersection of Judaism and comedy in promotion for the 29th Annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy. Founded by Comedian Lis...
A Conversation with Stand Up Comedian Modi Rosenfeld (feat. Bobby Underwood)
NYTF Radio - October 25, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsToday’s episode guest is stand up comedian Modi Rosenfeld. Voted one of the top 10 comedians in New York City by The Hollywood Reporter, MODI is one of the comedy circuit’s most sought after performers. Featured on HBO, CBS, NBC, ABC, Comedy Central, Howard Stern, and E! Entertainment, MODI has ...
"Putting it All Together" an interview with Motl Didner
NYTF Radio - June 27, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn today’s episode, we interview NYTF Associate Artistic Director Motl Didner who, along with Zalmen Mlotek, are in the midst of putting together A Yiddish Renaissance, A Virtual Concert Celebration. Motl took the time out of his day to conversation titled “Putting It All Together” is a full o...
"Things I Learned Along the Way" | Budd Mishkin Interviews Zalmen Mlotek (Artistic Director, NYTF)
NYTF Radio - June 15, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn today’s episode, we have a very insightful interview today conducted by the great Budd Mishkin from NY1 and currently on 1010 WINS. Budd is in conversation on a beautiful sunday day with NYTF’s very own Artistic Director Zalmen Mlotek. Zalmen is in the middle of gearing up for the National ...
The Bird of the Ghetto and Yiddish Women Playwrights Festival (feat. Sabina Brukner)
NYTF Radio - April 15, 2021 14:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn April 18th 2021, NYTF will present The Bird of the Ghetto by Chava Rosenfarb. The play chronicles the attempted Vilna Ghetto uprising and the tragic story of Jewish resistance leader Itsik Vitenberg, commander of the United Partisan Organization (FPO). The presentation coincides with the 78th...
Soul to Soul 2021 (feat. Zalmen Mlotek, Elmore James, and Tatiana Wechsler)
NYTF Radio - January 12, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis episode is all about NYTF's annual concert tradition: Soul to Soul. The electrifying and emotionally captivating theatrical concert that explores the parallels of African American and Jewish history takes to our virtual stage this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We interview NYTF Artistic ...
Yiddish Stars of the Past and Present | Mickey Katz and Ben Liebert
NYTF Radio - September 30, 2020 22:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn today’s episode, the past and present of Yiddish theater collide as we explore the life and performance of renowned Yiddish musician and comedian Mickey Katz. We are joined by Ben Liebert, who is making his return to Folksbiene! Live on Thursday, October 8th with A Bisl Borscht: A Tribute to ...
Yiddish Stars of the Past | Samuel Goldenberg (feat. Zachary Baker)
NYTF Radio - August 10, 2020 19:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn today’s episode, we pay tribute to the forgotten stars of the Yiddish Theatre by learning about the actor Samuel Goldenberg. We will learn about his life, his famous roles, his contemporaries, and wonder, “How did he perhaps get lost to time?” We are joined on the program by scholar Zachary ...
Yiddish Stars of Today: Daniel Kahn
NYTF Radio - July 06, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsToday we learn about Yiddish Stars of the present. Our guest on the episode is Daniel Kahn. Hailing from Detroit, Michigan and currently residing in Berlin, Daniel Kahn is an actor, musician, playwright, poet, and translator of the Yiddish language. He is the front man of the group Daniel Kahn a...
The Cast and Creative Team of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
NYTF Radio - May 20, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn today’s episode, we pay tribute NYTF’s Landmark production of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish.This is a rebroadcast of the Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish Q&A from Folksbiene! LIVE, featuring director Joel Grey, Stephen Skybell, and many of the cast and creative team members. Hosted by Folksbie...
Happy Purim! (feat. Motl Didner)
NYTF Radio - March 10, 2020 15:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHappy Purim! We throw it back to our very first episode of NYTF Radio where we sat down with Associate Artistic Director Motl Didner to discuss the history of Purim and Purim Spiels, the earliest example Yiddish theatrical performance.
Happy Purim! (feat. Motl Didner)
NYTF Radio - March 10, 2020 15:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHappy Purim! We throw it back to our very first episode of NYTF Radio where we sat down with Associate Artistic Director Motl Didner to discuss the history of Purim and Purim Spiels, the earliest example Yiddish theatrical performance.
Against the Odds
NYTF Radio - March 01, 2020 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, we continue explore the oral history of the Folksbiene with longtime company member Itzy Firestone. We learn about the Folksbiene in the 1980s as the company navigate a difficult question: How do we preserve Yiddish theatre in a world with fewer and fewer fluent Yiddish speakers?
Against the Odds (feat. Itzy Firestone)
NYTF Radio - March 01, 2020 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, we continue explore the oral history of the Folksbiene with longtime company member Itzy Firestone. We learn about the Folksbiene in the 1980s as the company navigate a difficult question: How do we preserve Yiddish theatre in a world with fewer and fewer fluent Yiddish speakers?
January Special Edition: Soul to Soul and The Investigation (Featuring: Bryan Doerries)
NYTF Radio - January 15, 2020 18:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn today's special edition episode, we talk about our upcoming events centered around Social Justice. We talk about our concert Soul to Soul (An Annual MLK Jr. Tradition). Then we sit down with Theater of War Artistic Director Bryan Doerries to talk about his company, the audience's role in a th...
S1E04 Boris Tomashevsky and the Vagabond Stars (feat. Nahma Sandrow)
NYTF Radio - December 25, 2019 17:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn the final episode of the first season we will learn about Yiddish Theater coming to America in the late 19th century. We sit down with scholar Nahma Sandrow author of Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater. We learn about a determined 14 year old boy who hatched an idea to put on...
S1E03 The Making of The Sorceress (Feat. Zalmen Mlotek, Motl Didner, and Mikhl Yashinsky)
NYTF Radio - December 14, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn today’s episode, we interview Zalmen Mlotek, Motl Didner, and Mikhl Yashinsky, three artists who played major roles in bringing The Sorceress from page to stage through NYTF’s Global Restoration Initiative: identifying and presenting essential operettas, musicals and plays of the Yiddish Thea...
S1E02 The Life & Works of Avrom Goldfaden (Feat. Professor Joel Berkowitz)
NYTF Radio - November 27, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsToday's episode is all about the life and works of Arom Goldfaden, the father of Yiddish Theatre. We are joined by Professor Joel Berkowitz from the University Wisconsin-Milwaukee. We learn about the Haskalah or Jewish Enlightenment, and how it shaped his upbringing. We discuss his time in Iași,...
S1E01 Purim spiels (Feat. Motl Didner and Itzy Firestone)
NYTF Radio - November 19, 2019 21:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsToday’s episode is all about Purim spiels, comic re-dramatizations of the Book of Esther. The book of Esther tells the story of the Hebrew woman Esther who becomes Queen of Persia and thwarts the genocide of her people by the evil Haeman. We will be joined by NYTF Associate Artistic Director Mot...
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