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'The Great Ostrovsky' by Cy Coleman and Avery Corman - A Concert Presentation

  • Theater For the New City 155 1st Avenue New York, NY 10003 (map)

$18 Per Ticket

Featuring Lisa Gutkin!

A smart and soulful musical about an outsize, over-the-top star of the Yiddish theater in the 1920’s

Discover ‘The Great Ostrovsky’ – The ‘Lost’ musical love letter to the Yiddish Theater by legendary Broadway songwriter Cy Coleman and bestselling author Avery Corman.

Enjoy the concert presentation of this smart and soulful musical about an outsize, over-the-top star of the Yiddish theater in the 1920’s. Meet David Ostrovsky, an artist of monumental talent, with self-confidence to match, who suddenly finds himself fighting for his own survival in a bustling world of aspiring artists and hustling promoters, left-wing idealists and girls who just want to be stars.

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