Raphael Mostel
By Raphael Mostel
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News Ich Bin Ein Vamp: Cabaret Comes to Café Sabarsky
What is it about Vienna? Of the numerous parallel universes coexisting in New York, one of the most seductive is the ever re-emerging fragments of the world of pre-Anschluss Vienna. This legendary period and place has such a hold on the imagination that when even just two descendants of Viennese immigrants show up in a…
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News After 70 Years, ‘The Jewess’ Captivates Once Again
It is thrilling to see artists taking risks, and even more thrilling when they succeed. The Metropolitan Opera is succeeding brilliantly this season with its breathtaking new production of Fromental Halévy’s “La Juive” (“The Jewess”), the first time this legendary and singular 1835 French grand opera is being heard in New York in almost 70…
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News Israel’s Habimah Theater Finally Arrives Stateside
For its first New York visit in 40 years, the renowned National Theater of Israel, Habimah, will present two fact-based modern dramas involving Jewish children growing up with a parent veering into madness. The main production comprises four evening performances, from September 18 to September 21, of the big-scale “Kaddish L’Naomi,” Habimah’s theatrical adaptation of…
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News Arts & Letters; Cultural Stew Simmers With International Flavor ; Greek Tragedy and Russian Symphonies At Summer Fest
In its whirlwind of offerings from July 7 to July 27, the Lincoln Center Festival promises a veritable feast of diverse cultures. Audiences are invited on extraordinary excursions into enchanted realms, including Korean shamanism rituals and vibrant epics known as pansori, and not one, but two Italian operas based on Shakespeare’s Scottish play, “Macbeth.” A…
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News Plunging From Ecstasy to Ecstasy
If music is to reflect the world, believed composer Stefan Wolpe, it must grip the listener with its life-and-death struggle. As a result, Wolpe’s work is not music for light enjoyment. Far from being pretty or tuneful, his music is obstreperous and ferociously in-your-face argumentative, reflecting a bracing anger that has drawn the devotion of…
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