With the Jewish theatre season in New York nearing its close, a number of the best Jewish actors left this week for Europe to participate in productions to be given in various European capitals by Maurice Schwartz of the former Yiddish Art Theatre in New York.
The Jewish theatre season, which will come to a close during the week of Passover, was far from a successful one. Unlike last year, the Jewish theatres in New York were very unsuccessful both in their choice of repertoire as well as in attracting large audiences. The only exception was the Artef Theatre on Broadway, which is running on a cooperative basis. this theatre presented last night for the one hundredth performance its play, “Recruits,” which portrays Jewish life in Russia under the Czarist regime.
The week of Passover will not witness any new productions in the Yiddish theatre. There will be only the usual shifting of the same plays from one theatre district into another. The stars of the metropolitan Jewish theatres will “move” with their repertoire to the Yiddish theatres in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and vice versa.
In the Hopkinson Theatre in Brownsville, a special production will be given on April 15 in honor of Isidor Zolotarefsky, the veteran Jewish playwright. A special production will also be given Wednesday in the Public Theatre on Second avenue in honor of Shalom Secunda, the well-known Jewish composer who has written the music for many Jewish plays.
A new Jewish theatrical club named “We Chicagoans,” was organized this week by a group of Jewish artists in New York who had in previous seasons played in Chicago. Hymie Jacobson, the well-known Jewish actor, was elected president of this club.
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