The Jewish moms—including Golde from ‘Fiddler’ and Trina from ‘Falsettos’—who deserve our reverence. Also, call your mother already.
Even for Barbra fans that’s good news, because the musical needs a live audience to work its magic
The show’s demise is a blow for musical theater—the art that incorporates virtually every other form of art
A plaintive Gypsy song, possibly of Ladino origin, is hybridized and reinterpreted, then viewed on the Internet, where roots and homelands blur
Plus CUNY trustee digs deeper, and more in the news
Plus Mama Streisand, Judah Magnes, and more
Songs from Tablet Magazine’s ‘Gypsy’-inspired Passover musical
Questions, answers, entrances, and exoduses—our complete Passover coverage
The overlapping musical traditions of the Roma and the Jews