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Hamptons Annual Yiddish concert at the Hampton Synagogue
Saturday August 28, 9:00pm - Berman Sanctuary
Presenting The National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene in
“Soul to Soul: Yiddish and African American Music Meet in a Celebration of Two Cultures”
starring
Magda Fishman, Elmore James
and Tony Perry
Musical Direction: Zalmen Mlotek. |
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Magda has appeared with her musical groups as soloist in concerts all over the U.S. and Canada. She has performed at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the First Night Festival in Boston, the 92nd Street Y, the Philadelphia Museum of Arts, "The Baked Potato" jazz club in Los Angeles, the Triad and Makor nightclubs in New York, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ, the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center in New York, The Town Hall in New York. She was featured in "The Songwriter's Circle at the venerable New York City Jazz club The Bitter End.
Recently, she performed at the Israel Embassy in Washington and in various concerts celebrating Israel's 60th anniversary. She has collaborated with Alicia Svigals, Avram Pengas, Ron Eliran, Dudu Fisher and many others.
Magda is currently enrolled as a Cantorial student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. At the recent Cantors' Assembly, she was honored with First Prize in the highly competitive "Cantors' Idol" competition. She is working on her original compositions, and getting ready to record her first album. She performs on a regular basis for the Israeli Consulate's Department of Cultural Affairs, and leads a special monthly service at Sutton Place Synagogue in New York.
To see Magda's full bio click here
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Elmore James is a veteran of five Broadway Shows. He sings in nine languages and first sang in Yiddish at Town Hall’s, Yiddish in America, a Gala Concert Celebrating the Centennial of the Workman’s Circle in New York City. He exploded onto the stage as the finale to the evening, with the baritone solo from Beethoven’s ninth symphony, then led the entire cast, including Bruce Adler, Theodore Bikel, Tovah Feldshuh, Sheldon Harnick, Lainie Kazan, Mandy Patinkin and the New Yiddish Chorale in the rousing rendition of the final chorus to the symphony, Ode to Joy. He was such a smash sensation that night that he has been singing Yiddish ever since. The following year he was invited to return to Town Hall for the Workman’s Circle concert as well as the 70th Gala Cultural Seder honoring Mina Bern and Jerrold Nadler at the Grand Hyatt Hotel and Merkin Hall. Elmore James co-starred in the last show to perform at the Harold Clurman theatre on Theatre Row, Hip, Heymish and Hot, the whimsical Yiddish/Jazz concert with Eleanor Reissa. As one of Broadway’s most versatile artists, Mr. James’ operatic performances include appearances at the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and the opera houses in Paris, Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Rome, Verona, Sicily, Sweden and Norway. |
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Tony Perry has been seen on the New York stage in the US premiere of Murray Schisgal’s “74 Georgia Ave.,” which was performed in English and Yiddish; the recent staged reading of Kevin Ray's jazz musical The Last Word; the New York theatrical premiere of Cross That River; A Shelter In Our Car; Repo: The Genetic Opera; The Elf, The Bunny and the Big Xmas Blowup; and the workshop of Hell’s Kitchen: The Musical. Among his favorite roles are Jim Conley in Parade, Big Moe in Five Guys Named Moe, Ken in Ain’t Misbehavin, Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show, Parchester in Me and My Girl, Victor in Smokey Joe's Cafe and Jim in Big River. He had a featured role in the film “Mickey.” As a singer-songwriter, he has performed across the Northeast, and has three CDs available at www.tonyperry.com. He resides in New York City with his wife, Beth, is a student of George DiCenzo and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association. |
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