See it if A wonderful night of theater. Fantastic. Not to be missed. Bring everyone with you.
Don't see it if If you have trouble with reading subtitles.
See it if You want a feel good fairy tale like play/musical. It was all in Yiddish but there is translation and it was not distracting.
Don't see it if I don't know why you would not want to see this fun play. Kids would like it too.
See it if you are ready for something joyful that's well sung and well staged. You'll laugh.
Don't see it if you don't like melodramas or opererttas. Read more
See it if charming, colorful, delightful theatricals with dramatic arch villains amuse you. Don't miss this! The singing is wonderful too.
Don't see it if Reading supertitles bothers you. Or if you require even a suggestion of realistic plotting.
See it if This is a very lively production with great music, costumes and acting. The story is engaging
Don't see it if You don't like supertitles
See it if you want to enjoy a wonderful musical that has a moral ending.
Don't see it if you want a play that leaves you guessing at the end as to the outcome.
See it if you're happy to take yourself back to simpler times with a classic binary of good and evil, you appreciate the historical work
Don't see it if you're looking for a more complex storyline, you want a direct translation in the supertitles
See it if you are interested in Yiddish theatre, or theatre history; you’re interested in seeing a restoration of a classic Yiddish comedy/melodrama.
Don't see it if You don’t like subtitles; don’t like operetta; prefer modern theatre. Read more
CRITIC’S PICK. "'The Sorceress’ Casts a Charming Spell in Yiddish: Now playing at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the 19th-century operetta is a fairy tale confection you can feel right down to your kishkes."
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"The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene...has reached even further back in the tradition of Jewish-themed theater in New York City, to 1878, presenting Avrom Goldfaden's 'The Sorceress,' the first piece of Yiddish theater to appear on an American stage..."
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