Program of the Singer’s Warsaw Festival in New York
November 17, 2019
4:00 p.m.
CONCERT: cantor Yaakov Lemmer & trumpeter Frank London in Concert, featuring Anthony Coleman (piano), Matt Darriau (winds), Joanna Sternberg (bass) & Richie Barshay (drums)
Lincoln Square Synagogue, 180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10023
By invitation only. RSVP required shira.dicker@sd-media.com
5:30 p.m.
Intermission
6:00 p.m.
Humesh Lider, a play written and directed by Andrei Munteanu
Based on the book by Itzik Manger, original music: Dov Seltzer, costumes: Ewa Łaniecka, choreography: Katarzyna Anna Małachowska
Starring: Monika Chrząstowska, Ewa Dąbrowska, Małgorzata Majewska, Ewa Tucholska, Ernestyna Winnicka, Piotr Chomik, Henryk Rajfer, Piotr Sierecki and Maciej Winkler
Performed by the Ester Rachel and Ida Kaminska Jewish Theatre in Yiddish, with English subtitles.
Lincoln Square Synagogue, 180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10023
By invitation only. RSVP required shira.dicker@sd-media.com
November 18, 2019
11:00 a.m.
Isaac Bashevis Singer STORYTIME for Kids
Special guests – actors: Jasper McGruder, Stacey Robinson will read I.B. Singer’s stories
The Brooklyn Public Library – Midwood Branch, 975 East 16th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11230
Free admission
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Screening of Yentl, directed by Barbra Streisand
Followed by a Q&A with host Andrzej Krakowski
The City College of New York, Shepard Hall, Room S291 (auditorium), 160 Convent Ave., New York
Free admission
November 19, 2019
2:00 p.m.
Isaac Bashevis Singer STORYTIME for Kids
Special guests will include Adrian Kubicki – the director of The Polish Cultural Institute in New York and actors Anna Podolak & Dawid Szurmiej, who will read I.B. Singer’s stories
The New York Public Library – Riverside Branch, 127 Amsterdam Ave (New York, NY 10023)
Free admission
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Screening of Enemies: A Love Story, directed by Paul Mazursky
Followed by a Q&A with host Andrzej Krakowski
The City College of New York, Shepard Hall, Room S291 (auditorium), 160 Convent Ave., New York
Free admission
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The Wall,a one-woman-showby the Jewish Theatre in Warsaw
Starring Ewa Dąbrowska, directed by Maciej Wojtyszko and written by Ryszard Marek Groński,
set design: Ewa Łaniecka, music: Jerzy Derfel
In Polish, with English subtitles.
Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York, 233 Madison Ave. (Jan Karski Corner), New York
By invitation only. RSVP required newyork.rsvp@msz.gov.pl, by November 15