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How this Broadway star brings her Jewishness to the Wicked Witch of the West

JL;DR SUMMARY Talia Suskauer, currently starring as Elphaba in the Broadway hit "Wicked," infuses her Jewish heritage into her role. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Holocaust SurvivorsJewish IdentityTheaterBroadwayWickedScapegoatingElphabaTalia Suskauer

Places mentioned

Florida, United States
"After my grandmother came to America, she became the director of education at our local temple in Florida, where I grew up."
Dallas, Texas, United States
"Earlier this month, Suskauer returned to the role in Dallas, where Wicked became the first tour of a Broadway show to resume performances."
Sakha, Russian Federation
"My grandmother was born in a slave labor camp in Siberia."
Poland
"Both of her parents escaped from Poland during the Holocaust, and they met each other in the slave labor camp,"

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