Join us for Lush & Hora, a multi-lingual musical fling that will leave you singing and dancing through laughter and tears. Yiddish Diva and Broadway star Joanne Borts performs timeless classics and unexpected hits from Broadway, the Yiddish Theatre, and Jewish Folk traditions. In Yiddish and English, this thoroughly entertaining show is for everyone, even those who don’t speak the Mamaloshen.
It’s Lush!! You’ll want to dance a Hora!! And shhhh… it isn’t gossip if you share this evening with mishpokhe and friends!!
Joanne Borts is a New York based Actor/Singer/Musician whose Broadway credits include the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Once; Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella with Eartha Kitt; Fiddler on the Roof with Topol; Funny Girl; and the critically acclaimed Fidler Afn Dakh, directed by Joel Grey. She’s also the Director, Choreographer and Co-Author of her labour of love, Kids & Yiddish. As a solo artist, Joanne has performed with Neil Sedaka, Robert Klein, the Klezmatics, KCB, and the Three Yiddish Divas in concert halls and festivals across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, and Europe. @LushAndHora. Far undzere eltern.
This event made possible by leading sponsor Toronto Workmen's Circle Foundation.
