[PDF] Artists in Exile: How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts by Joseph Horowitz in Arts-Photography

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In Stardust Lost; Stefan Kanfer brings the colorful Yiddish stage roaring back to life. Born of ancient traditions stretching back to the drama of the Old Testament; the Yiddish theater was a vibrant part of the immigrant experience. Kanfer invokes the energy; belief; and pure chutzpah it took to establish and run the thriving; influential theaters. He reveals the nightly drama and comedy that played out behind the scenes as well as onstage; and introduces all the playersmdash;actors; divas; playwrights; directors; and producersmdash;who made it possible. A richly evocative chronicle of its brief but dazzling existence in America; this is both an elegy for and a tribute to Yiddish theatermdash;lost; but not forgotten.From the Trade Paperback edition.