(Laura Collins-Hughes’s article appeared in The New York Times, 12/9; via Pam Green.)
The Russian shtetl in the long-lost,newly reconstructed Yiddish operetta “The Golden Bride” has a dreamy look about it, all latticework and whitewash, like the setting for a garden party. The people here may dream of riches — who doesn’t? — but they’re doing all right. If they leave this place for America, it’s only because an even better life awaits.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/10/theater/review-the-golden-bride-walks-down-the-aisle-again.html