Saturday, December 22, 2012

Musical offers glimpse into lives of Jewish immigrants

This musical sounds like it would be the story of what happened after "Fiddler on the Roof" ended.    - - Donna Poisl

Written by Sally Friedman | For the Courier-Post

For families looking for G-rated holiday entertainment — and a touchstone to Jewish heritage and history — “A Stoop on Orchard Street,” an original play on stage at the National Museum of American Jewish History, offers both.

And you definitely don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy it.

This bittersweet look at the life of immigrants to America who came in great waves at the start of the 20th century offers audiences a kind of sequel to what might have happened to Tevye and his family, of “Fiddler on the Roof” fame, as they left their beloved Eastern European village seeking safe haven.
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