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News Second Avenue Comes to Amsterdam Avenue Once Again on Oct. 22 On Second Avenue, a tribute to New York's Yiddish theatre legacy, and a hit last spring at the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, will begin an encore engagment by that company on Oct. 22,
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Mike Burstyn in On Second Avenue. Photo by Richie Fahey

The show extended its run weeks before the first preview. Previously set to run through Dec. 25, it will now play until Jan. 1, 2006. Mike Burstyn, a scion of Yiddish theatre performers, will again star. The show also stars Robert Abelson, Joanne Borts, and Lisa Fishman. Featured in the cast of seven are Elan Kunin, Lisa Rubin and Rebecca Brudner .

Second Avenue was, of course, the address of New York's Yiddish theatre community during its heyday in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The street was lined with playhouses from Houston Street to 14th Street and supported the careers of countless Yiddish actors and playwrights.

On Second Avenue was created by Moishe Rosenfeld and Zalmen Mlotek. The bi-lingual English-Yiddish musical revue will feature the songs of such Yiddish composers as Abraham Goldfaden, Sholom Secunda, Alexander Olshanetzky and Yosef Rumshinsky, and excerpts from landmark shows.

Burstyn is an apt choice for the project. His parents were Pesach Burstein and Lillian Lux (who died in June), both Yiddish stage stars. He performed with his folks as a kid, and, after he grew up, starred in such shows as Barnum and Ain't Broadway Grand.

The 90-year-old Folksbiene is America's only professional Yiddish theatre.

Tickets, which range from $37.50 to $47.50, are now on sale via Telecharge at (212) 239-6200. The show performs at the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue.

 
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