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Yiddish theater’s evolution is focus of NYC exhibition

Second Avenue on Manhattan’s Lower East Side was once nicknamed Yiddish Broadway.

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Yiddish theater's evolution is focus of NYC exhibition
This undated photo provided by the Museum of the City of New York shows the Grand Street Theater that stood at the corner of Bowery and Canal Street, on New York's Lower East Side. It is one of the "Yiddish Broadway" theaters featured in an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York showcasing the growth of Yiddish theater over a century from a thriving immigrant entertainment movement to its impact on Broadway. "Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway" opened Wednesday, March 9, 2016, and runs through July 31. (Museum of the City of New York via AP)
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