On August 27, 2009, Mel Gordon, Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of California, Berkeley, discussed how the Russian Jewish theater adopted Chagall's vision—literally and figuratively—for its groundbreaking productions.
MEL GORDON is Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of California, Berkeley. A director and writer, he is the author of thirteen books and one hundred and thirty articles on popular culture and American, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Yiddish theatre. He has published two short pieces on Weimar Berlin in Cabinet Magazine and Harper's Monthly. His Online articles include "Why Madonna's Kabbalah Is the True Kabbalah" (Jewcy.com).
