PHOTO CALL: Lies My Father Told Me, New Musical Based on Film, Opens at National Yiddish Theatre

The cast of Lies My Father Told Me features Chuck Karel, Jonathan Raviv, Russell Arden Koplin, Alex Dreier, Joe Paparella, Renee Bang Allen, Leisa Mather, Jonathan Hadley, Gordon Stanley and Ashley Brooke, who are backed by a chorus consisting of Chris Karl, Eva Amesse, Tina Mancini, Max Nussbaum, David Rosenberg, Siria Rutstein and Jeremiah Burch lll.

The musical, according to press notes, "follows three generations of a Montreal immigrant family during the final great wave of North American immigration in the 1920s. Lies My Father Told Me recounts Ted Allan's childhood memories of the people and events that would shape his life."

Here's a look at opening night:

Lies My Father Told Me, New Musical Based on Film, Opens at National Yiddish Theatre

Bryna Wasserman and the <i>Lies My Father Told Me</i> Ensemble — Lies My Father Told Me, New Musical Based on Film, Opens at National Yiddish Theatre

The National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene's American premiere of *Lies My Father Told Me*, a new musical based on the 1975 Academy Award-nominated film that was adapted from the works of Ted Allan, officially opened Nov. 21. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Jeremiah Burch, Ashley Brooke, Alex Dreier

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Max Nussbaum, Chris Karl, David Rosenberg

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Joshua Camp and Dmitri "Zisl" Slepovitch

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Chris Massimine and DJ Lu Ong

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Russell Arden Koplin and Merete Muenter

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Siria Rutstein and Tina Mancini

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Renee Bang Allen and Jonathan Hadley

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The <i>Lies My Father Told Me</i> Ensemble — The *Lies My Father Told Me* Ensemble

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Chris Massimine and Caitlin Kelly

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