The cast of Off Broadway hit Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish release performance of God Bless America on Inauguration Day
Photo credit: Victor Nechay / ProperPix
To mark the Presidential Inauguration of President-Elect Joseph R. Biden and Madam Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris today, the cast of Off-Broadway hit Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish have released their rendition of ‘God Bless America’ in Yiddish, featuring Academy and Tony Award winner Joel Grey and Steven Skybell.
The cast includes members of both the Off Broadway Stage 42 production and the Museum of Jewish Heritage production: Jennifer Babiak, Samantha Hahn, Ben Liebert, Stephanie Lynne Mason, Rosie Jo Neddy, Raquel Nobile, Drew Seigla, Rachel Zatcoff, Joanne Borts, Josh Dunn, Michael Einav, Lisa Fishman, Kirk Geritano, John Giesige, Lydia Gladstone, Abby Goldfarb, Mary Illes, Josh Kohane, Maya Jacobson, Moshe Lobel, Evan Mayer, Jonathan Quigley, Nick Raynor, Bruce Sabath, Kayleen Seidl, Adam B. Shapiro, Jodi Snyder, James Monroe Stevko, Ron Tal, Bobby Underwood, and Mikhl Yashinsky,
The video has been co-produced by cast members Lisa Fishman and Ben Liebert, with Liebert also responsible for mixing and editing the piece. The show’s orchestra first chair clarinetist D. Zisl Slepovitch created the original musical arrangement and piano accompaniment.
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, or Fidler afn Dakh, was originally produced by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. This production then transferred to Off-Broadway’s Stage 42 Theater with Hal Luftig and Jana Robbins as lead producers and Joel Grey as Director.
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