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Niki Jacobs Brings Yiddish Version of Theodorakis’s ‘Mauthausen Cycle’ to Northeast Region

Internationally acclaimed Dutch Yiddish singer Niki Jacobs will bring her Yiddish version of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis’s “Mauthausen Cycle” to three Northeastern U.S. venues in mid-March. Performing with her classical/klezmer ensemble, Jacobs will present her Holocaust-themed program drawn from “The Ballad of Mauthausen,” also known as the “Mauthausen Cantata,” at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre…

Holocaust Drama Opens BTF Season

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – The Puppetmaster of Lodz by Gilles Ségal, about a death-camp survivor grappling with memories of the Holocaust, opens the Berkshire Theatre Festival season at the Unicorn Theatre, 6 East St., in Stockbridge on Thursday, June 21, 2012. “It’s hard to imagine how anyone can reconstruct a normal life after having been in…