Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, And Meshugas of the Yiddish Theater in America

An in-depth study of the history of Yiddish theater in America follows it from its origins in nineteenth-century Eastern Europe, its journey to the Lower East Side of New York in 1910s and 1920s with Jewish immigrants, and its ultimate decline in the face of assimilation and changing world events. 40,000 first printing.