YI Love Jewish to Present THE LINCOLN CONTINENTAL By Kathy Kafer
The play tells the story of a father, a daughter and the car that drives their relationship over three decades.
YI Love Jewish will present their next installment in the YI Love Play Reading Series: “The Lincoln Continental” by Kathy Kafer. The reading will be presented by The Miami Beach Jewish Community Center at the Galbut Family Miami Beach JCC Simkins Family Campus (4221 Pine Tree Dr, Miami Beach, FL, 33140) and is sponsored by the University of Miami’s Miller Center and Feldenkreis Program for Contemporary Judaic Studies.
‘Joe Papp at the Ballroom’ offers an up-close look at a legend
Joe Papp would have turned 100 this year, it is a good time to pay homage to the late legendary producer. His philosophical tenant was “theater for all.” Actually, Papp believed that live theater should be like the public library — free and open to all.
THEATER LEGEND SINGS AND REMINISCES IN GABLESTAGE WORLD PREMIERE
The GableStage world premiere of “Joe Papp at the Ballroom” aims to remind audiences of the influential impresario’s legacy. (Graphic courtesy of GableStage)
Just looking at actor-singer Avi Hoffman — creator and star of the popular “Too Jewish” shows, as well as a Carbonell Award winner for playing the adoring hubby in “Hairspray” at Actors’ Playhouse — you wouldn’t necessarily think of casting him as visionary New York Shakespeare Festival founder Joseph Papp.
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Celebrating ‘Yosl’: Joe Papp at 100
Players Circle Performing Arts Center at the Shell Factory is proud to announce its partnership with the Jewish Federation of Lee and Charlotte Counties and YI
Jewish (a Division of Yiddishkayt Initiative) to begin a series of Jewish themed programming at PLAYERS CIRCLE.
Avi Hoffman plays Papp in “Joe Papp at the Ballroom,” which is showing at the Players Circle theater at the Shell Factory in North Fort Myers from June 25-26.
THEATER ICON JOE PAPP, CREATOR OF NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL AND THE PUBLIC THEATER, TO BE REMEMBERED AND HONORED AT 100TH BIRTHDAY COMMEMORATION
YI Love Jewish to Host “Celebrating ‘Yosl’: Joe Papp at 100” featuring a full day of live and virtual star-studded events and celebrity testimonials
Celebrating ‘Yosl’: Joe Papp at 100 Will Feature Renowned Actor/Singer Mandy Patinkin, The Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Papp Biographer Helen Epstein, among others on June 22, 2021