Theo Bikel: In Ondenk; Moishe Rosenfeld: Remembering Theo Bikel

Excerpts from 2002 and 2015 interviews with Theodore
Bikel previously aired on the Yiddish Voice; we talk
with Theo Bikel's longtime producer and friend Moishe Rosenfeldof
Golden Land Productions (www.goldenland.com).


Theodore Bikel, the Tony-nominated actor, folk singer and
original Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music on Broadway,
died yesterday, July 21, 2015, in Los Angeles aged 91.


Bikel appeared on the Yiddish Voice with an interview in Yiddish
just two months ago, in May 2015. Prior to that, Bikel was a
guest in 2002.


The actor famously played Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof more times
on stage than even Chaim Topol, who starred in the film, and also
appeared in dozens of TV shows including The Twilight Zone,
Charlie’s Angels, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, as Worf’s
father. He is perhaps as well known in the Jewish world for his
Yiddish song recordings on albums such as "Treasury of Yiddish
Folk & Theatre Songs".


Relevant links:


http://www.bikel.com


http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/22/theodore-bikel-actor-singer-and-broadway-star-dies-at-91


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/theater/theodore-bikel-master-of-versatility-in-songs-roles-and-activism-dies-at-91.html


http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/Actor-and-Union-Activist-Theodore-Bikel-Dies-at-Age-91


http://forward.com/culture/312365/remembering-theodore-bikel-who-remained-defiant-to-the-end/


http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/theodore-bikel-dead-sound-music-719735