Yiddish theatre
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Yiddish theatre consists of plays written and performed primarily by Jews in Yiddish, the language of the Central European Ashkenazi Jewish community. The range of Yiddish theatre is broad: operetta, musical comedy, and satiric or nostalgic revues; melodrama; naturalist drama; expressionist and modernist plays. At its height, its geographical scope was comparably broad: from the late 19th century until just before World War II, professional Yiddish theatre could be found throughout the heavily Jewish areas of Eastern and East Central Europe, but also in Berlin, London, Paris, Buenos Aires and New York City.
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See also
- Amurzet
- California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language
- Folksbiene
- Jewish Theatre in Warsaw
- Moscow State Jewish Theater Template:Nb10
- Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City)
- Rachel Holzer, leading Yiddish Australian actress and director
- Solomon Mikhoels
- Secular Jewish culture
- Second Avenue (Manhattan)
- Smidovich
- State Jewish Theater (Romania)
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