Category Archives: In Memoriam

Fyvush Finkel, Yiddish Theatre’s Gift to the World

Remembering a mensch who brought joy not only to my family and my people but to all who knew him.

This larger-than-life talent found her home at a theatre where she could play anything and everything, and did.

My late colleague and a friend did more to elevate playwrights than any other theatre leader I’ve known.

The dynamo who led Arena Stage and NYU Tisch’s acting program was acutely interested in human beings, and what theatre could reveal about them.

He had the gifts of vision, tenacity, and loyalty, but above all he was a radiant champion of new writing for the theatre.

He was a showbiz legend with a knack for entertaining people. Is it any surprise he was also a man of the theatre?

Though a quiet presence offstage, onstage he sprang to life in a wide variety of roles over a long and busy career.

I had the good fortune to see the Berkeley Stage cofounder in dozens of roles in which she shone even when the material didn’t.

The late TCG staffer and ITI-U.S. director imbued her work with joie de vivre and love.

Wherever he worked, the late theatre executive got others to share his lifelong passion for the theatre.