Yiddish theater’s evolution is focus of NYC exhibition

This photo provided by the Museum of the City of New York shows a poster circa 1925 promoting Samson Raphaelson's "The Jazz Singer," a comedy drama about Jewish life in America at the Cort Theatre in New York. It is part of the exhibit, "Yiddish Broadway" 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)