Dear Safranim, This is a reminder that you are cordially invited to a free public program commemorating the 100th yortsayt of Sholem Aleichem, in NYPL's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, sponsored by the Dorot Jewish Division.
Tales from the Train: Sholem Aleichem, 100 Years Later Free Staged Reading in English and Yiddish with English translations. With Shane Baker, Allen Lewis Rickman, and Yelena Shmulenson Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 6:30 p.m. Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Auditorium Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY Fully accessible to wheelchairs Did a nudnik ever buttonhole you and chew your ear off? Did you ever realize you were in the wrong place at the wrong time? Did you ever try to talk sense into an imbecile? Sholem Aleichem did all of this and more a hundred years before we did, and his descriptions of life in Eastern Europe and early 20th-century New York. Enjoy an evening of the rib-tickling, heart-rending tales of the most beloved Yiddish writer of all time. Shane Baker is the best-loved Episcopalian on the Yiddish stage today. As director of the Congress for Jewish Culture, he is helping to produce events marking Sholem Aleichem’s 100th yortsayt in New York, Tel Aviv, and Melbourne, Australia. He comes to the NYPL directly from Paris, where he has been starring as Vladimir in his own Yiddish translation of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, produced Off Broadway and internationally by the New Yiddish Rep. The New York Times pronounced Baker’s translation ‘even more depressing than Beckett’s original.’ He also translated and was featured in Wolf Mankowitz’s The Bespoke Overcoat for New Yiddish Rep, appeared as Charley in their production of Joseph Buloff’s adaptation of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman; and he stars in The Big Bupkis! A Complete Gentile’s Guide to Yiddish Vaudeville, which he co-wrote with director Allen Lewis Rickman. Mentored by the last great stars of the Interwar European Yiddish stage, Baker is renowned not only for his translations and acting, but also for his recitations of Yiddish poetry. Allen Lewis Rickman is an actor, writer, and director, whose credits include the Coen brothers’ Oscar-nominated A SERIOUS MAN, Barry Levinson’s YOU DON’T KNOW JACK (with Al Pacino), John Turturro’s FADING GIGOLO (with Woody Allen), and recurring roles on BOARDWALK EMPIRE and PUBLIC MORALS. He co-adapted and directed the Drama Desk-nominated Yiddish PIRATES OF PENZANCE, and has acted on Broadway, Off Broadway, in regional theatre, and in Yiddish theatre. Plays he’s written have been produced in France, Denmark, Spain, Luxembourg, Sweden, and New Jersey; among those published is his revue THE ESSENCE: A YIDDISH THEATER DIM SUM, which appeared in the anthology “Yiddishkeit”, co-edited by the late Harvey Pekar. Yelena Shmulenson grew up in Ukraine and emigrated to the US with her family in 1993. Instead of getting a real job, she decided to become an actress, and now spends her life making silly faces. Stage: five seasons Off-Broadway with the Folksbiene, two at Ellis Island Theatre, THE ESSENCE: A YIDDISH THEATER DIM SUM (Fringe/tour), COVERS and KNOCK with Lost&Found (NYC/St.Petersburg/Moscow/Montreal), THE GOLEM OF HAVANA (Miami), etc. In film and on TV, she was a spy in Robert DeNiro’s THE GOOD SHEPHERD, a chassidic landlady in CHINESE PUZZLE, a gangster’s wife on BOARDWALK EMPIRE, a doctor on CHICAGO MED, she fought a dybbuk in the Coen brothers’ A SERIOUS MAN and she’s been and out of prison on ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. She’s working on a one-woman show that’s half autobiographical and half about American Jewish housewife (and executed spy) Ethel Rosenberg. And don't miss: Who Are the Litvaks? An Illustrated Lecture with Professor Dovid Katz Monday, April 11, 2016, 6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library Fully accessible to wheelchairs Sponsored by the Dorot Jewish Division. Sincerely, Amanda -- Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Librarian Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111 The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Reference Desk: 212-930-0601 Fax: 212-642-0141 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/jewish-division Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schwarzmanbuilding -- Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel Librarian Dorot Jewish Division, Room 111 The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Reference Desk: 212-930-0601 Fax: 212-642-0141 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/jewish-division Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schwarzmanbuilding Please join us for these upcoming public programs, sponsored by the Dorot Jewish Division. Events are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Tales from the Train: Sholem Aleichem, 100 Years Later Staged reading in English and Yiddish, with English translations Featuring Shane Baker, Allen Lewis Rickman, and Yelena Shmulenson Wednesday, April 6, 2016 6:30 PM Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Celeste Auditorium Fully accessible to wheelchairs Primary tabsFree Staged Reading in English and Yiddish with English translations. Shane Baker Allen Lewis Rickman Yelena Shmulenson Who Are the Litvaks? An Illustrated Lecture with Professor Dovid Katz Monday, April 11, 2016, 6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library Fully accessible to wheelchairs Sponsored by the Dorot Jewish Division. 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