Stuart Hecht On Molly Picon and American Yiddish Theatre
Published Oct 6, 2022
JLive Presents Stuart Hecht
(8 min) In this clip, Theatre Historian Stuart Hecht answers an audience question about (Boston-born) legendary actress Molly Picon’s career in Yiddish and the Americanization of Jewish theatre.
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