Light, Lively and Yiddish
Belasco Theatre
Previews Began: October 20, 1970
Opening Night: October 27, 1970
Closing Night: January 9, 1971
Music: Eli Rubinstein
Lyrics: A. Shulman
Sylvia Younin
Wolf Younin
Book: A. Shulman
Sylvia Younin
Wolf Younin
Jewish life in a small Eastern European village is contrasted with life in the bustling cities of New York and Tel Aviv.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
A Yarid (A Fair)
Yiddish
Shver Tsu Zain a Yidene (It’s Hard To Be a Jewish Woman)
Dus Hut Mir Kainer Nit Gezugt (Nobody Told Me This)
Tsen Azeyger (Ten O’Clock)
Tfile Tsu Got (Prayer to God)
Vu Iz Voysher? (Where is Justice?)
A Freilekhs
A Joyful Song
ACT TWO
Light Lively and Yiddish
Khavertes (Girl Friends)
Tsu Mayn Dor (The Song of My Generation)
Israel
A Shukh Putser (Shoe Shine Boy)
A Briv (A Letter)
S’vet Kumen Der Tog (The Day Will Come)
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Mina Bern Zelde
Ben Bonus Hershele of Ostropolie
Reizl Bozyk Dumpling Woman
Innkeeper
Marcia Brooks Dancer
Helen Butleroff Dancer
David Carey Kvas Seller
Diane Cypkin Gitele
Jack Dyville Dancer
David Ellin English Narrator
Harry Endicott Dancer
Robyn Kessler Dancer
Miriam Kressyn Sosye the Peacemaker
Leon Liebgold Rag Seller
Kalmen
Lili Liliana Bagel Woman
Maggie Masullo Dancer
Tony Masullo Dancer
Eileen McCabe Dancer
Seymour Rexite Nokhem the Broker
Joseph Tripolino Dancer