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The 11-year-old son of a cantor makes a splashy NYC theater debut in ‘Drag: The Musical’

JL;DR SUMMARY Yair Keydar, an 11-year-old son of a cantor, is making waves with his debut in "Drag: The Musical" off-Broadway in New York City. 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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Hebrew SongsNew YorkMusicBroadwayCantorAuthenticityYair KeydarDrag: The MusicalJewish TalentTheater Debut

Places mentioned

Stamford, Connecticut, United States
"a decade ago, his mother, Magda Fishman, became the cantor at Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut."
Palmer, Massachusetts, United States
"close friends since our Camp Ramah days in Palmer, Massachusetts in the 1960s."
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
"in 2019, Fishman was hired by Rabbi David Steinhardt of the Bnai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton, the largest Conservative synagogue in South Florida."
New York, United States
"The loud, fun, flashy production is about two rival drag queens who open competing clubs across the street from each other; the show opens and closes with voiceover messages from one of its producers, Liza Minnelli."

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