Goldfaden left Romania in 1896; soon Juvilier's was the only active Yiddish theater troupe in the country, and foreign troupes had almost entirely ceased coming to the country.
Today, of course, schoolchildren hold computers in their palms, and so we have Jeffrey Jackson's smart, provocative and often funny play "Two Point Oh," a delightful production from the troupe Active Theater, which puts a human face on global software despotism.
Today, of course, schoolchildren hold computers in their palms, and so we have Jeffrey Jackson's smart, provocative and often funny play "Two Point Oh," a delightful production from the troupe Active Theater, which puts a human face on global software despotism.
So did the fact that his mentors, Mr. Kylián and Mr. Duato, had created a quarter of the troupe's active repertory.
The theater troupe remains active, and students from other colleges also participate.
"There's active, playful engagement," said Ms. Shaw, the troupe's artistic director and choreographer.
Their father was an insurance broker with a taste for grand opera & other relatives are active in local operatic & dramatic troupes.
In the early 1930's she was a member of the Blue Hill Troupe, singing in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and active as a Young Republican.
Music was another lifelong passion, especially choral music: he sang bass in the Yale Glee Club, and was an active participant in productions of the Blue Hill Troupe, a Gilbert and Sullivan Society in New York, the annual holiday musicals at Milbank, Tweed, and his church choir in Bellaire.
He was an active amateur actor and singer for the Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd., with leads in many Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
