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face=Georgia><SPAN>Dayton-born Mary Illes, a singular talent with a range of
Broadway (“She Loves Me”) and national tour (“The Secret Garden”) experience,
comes to Cleveland via Zoom </SPAN><SPAN
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an evening of live virtual Q&A, which is free and open to the
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extensive resume also includes </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">originating the role of Golde
in<SPAN><EM> </EM>“Fidler afn Dakh</SPAN>,” the widely acclaimed Yiddish
version of </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>the
enduring musical </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">“<SPAN>Fiddler on the
Roof.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The musical, directed by
Joel Grey an </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">mounted
by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene in 2018, opened </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>at
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Manhattan's Museum of Jewish Heritage for a six-week run, which was extended
multiple times before transferring to off-Broadway by popular demand.
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color=#252525> </FONT><FONT color=#000000>Mary is neither Jewish nor fluent
in Yiddish.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face=Georgia><SPAN><FONT color=#252525>My interview with the actress, which
serves </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">as
a preview to the May 12 event, can be found at: <A
title=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/
href="https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/">https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/</A></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>