Ari Fuhrman on His History with Yiddish Theatre

Partial Transcript: This is a picture of the Vaudeville Theater we were talking about of Leon Schachter, and this is in—down in Miami Beach on Washington Avenue—the Cinema Theater. This was one of the—you can see there in the background Leon Schachter on the right-hand side, his wife Gitel on the—Gitel Stein on the left-hand corner.

Partial Transcript: Detailed descriptions of the key figures in Yiddish Musical Comedy Theater of Philadelphia, the group’s history, and notable performances, including their association with the Farband and the Workmen’s Circle.

Partial Transcript: Yeah—okay, this is a program, actually, from Buenos Aires, where Simon Nussbaum—I told you about him before. He took us to play in one of the theaters there in Buenos Aires—we played a few times. This was Sunday, July 29, ’79, and 1830 means six thirty in the evening.

Partial Transcript: And she is—still, she lives in Philadelphia even now, and she gave up singing. She understands that there is only so much time you can sing and then give up—while you’re still ahead, you give up, but some singers understand that.

Partial Transcript: And this is a composite of our group. And here you can really appreciate because you see a few scenes where—we used to send out—when somebody would hire us, would say, Send us some pictures.

Partial Transcript: So, they came—so this is how usually is—parents become great—grandparents, then they finally decide, Oh, I’ll come. Why was I angry all this time? He gave my daughter a good living, even a tailor. And this is another composite picture of our group—the three of us. But this time was another—in the others, you can see we had gold tuxedos.

Partial Transcript: They had a bridge table, or they had the table that would not ever fit into that surrounding. So that—I want to show you that this table was actually—I made a table made out just from wood, so it looks very natural.

Partial Transcript: Personal anecdotes and reflections on the past, including an image of the speaker from 1955 and reminiscences about theater life and appearances.