On Second Avenue

On Second Avenue

For the Jan Peerce album, see On 2nd Avenue

On Second Avenue
Music Various
Lyrics Various
Book Various
Productions 1987 Off-Broadway
2005 Off-Broadway

On Second Avenue is a Yiddish American musical theatre production which looks back at the heyday of Yiddish Theater, specially in Manhattan's Lower East Side on Second Avenue.

The original production produced in 1987 opened at the Norman Thomas Theater on the Lower East Side, and a revival produced in 2005 by the Folksbiene opened on the Upper West Side. Both productions were off-Broadway. The revue was put together by Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld as a sequence of skits, and songs with dialogue in English and songs in Yiddish. The revue features songs from Yiddish theatre greats like Abraham Goldfaden. The original cast was led by Mary Soreanu and the revival cast by Mike Burstyn to critical acclaim. The revival was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards for 2005 - Best Revival for Folksbiene, and Outstanding Actor for Mike Burstyn.

Two Yiddish music albums by the same name were released by Jan Peerce in 1964 (the album is actually called On 2nd Avenue), and by the Hester Street Troupe - but they have no relation to the show.

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