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My Grandparents Samuel B. and Fannie Grossman: Pioneers of Yiddish Theater
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Rick Grossman, actor and part of a Yiddish theater family, describes his grandparents, Samuel B. and Fannie Grossman, as pioneers of Yiddish Theater because they moved on from the "Meccas" of theater, New York and Philadelphia, to find Jewish audiences elsewhere on the East Coast of the United States.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Rick Grossman.
This excerpt is in English.
Rick Grossman was born in New York, New York in 1948.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
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My Grandparents Samuel B. and Fannie Grossman: Pioneers of Yiddish Theater
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An Early Career in Yiddish Theater: Rick Grossman Reflects
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How Yiddish theater Has Come Full Circle
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How My Grandparents, Samuel B. and Fannie Grossman, Came to Love the Yiddish Theater
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Rick Grossman Remembers His Early Performances in Yiddish Theater
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Since 2010, the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project has recorded more than 500 in-depth video interviews that provide a deeper understanding of the Jewish experience and the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture.
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