Yentl is a play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Based on Singer's short story "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy," it centers on a young girl who defies tradition by discussing and debating Jewish law and theology with her rabbi father. When he dies, she cuts her hair, dresses as a man, and sets out to find a yeshiva where she can continue to study Talmud and live secretly as a male named Anshel. When her study partner Avigdor discovers the truth, Yentl's assertions that she is "neither one sex nor the other" and has "the soul of a man in the body of a woman" suggest the character is undergoing a gender identity crisis, especially when she opts to remain living as Anshel for the rest of her life. This article is in need of attention. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογια, logia, words, sayings, or discourse) is reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... Rabbi, in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root word רַב, rav, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished (in knowledge). Sephardic and Yemenite Jews pronounce this word רִבִּי ribbÄ«; the modern Israeli pronunciation רַבִּי rabbÄ« is derived from a recent (18th... This article is about the Jewish educational system. ... The first page of the Vilna Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berachot, folio 2a The Talmud (Hebrew: תלמוד) is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history. ...

After eleven previews, the Broadway production, directed by Robert Kalfin, opened on October 23, 1975 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it ran for 223 performances. The cast included Tovah Feldshuh, John Shea, and Lynn Ann Leveridge. Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Eugene ONeill Theater is a Broadway theatre. ... Tovah Feldshuh (born Terri Sue Feldshuh December 27, 1952) actress, singer, playwright. ... John Shea as Lex Luthor. ...

Broadway awards and nominations

• Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Feldshuh, nominee)
• Theatre World Award (Feldshuh and Shea, winners)
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play (Feldshuh, nominee)
• Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Leveridge, nominee)
• Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience (nominee)
• Drama Desk Award Special Mention (Feldshuh, winner)

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Screen adaptation

As early as 1968, Barbra Streisand had expressed interest in a film adaption of Singer's short story. In 1971, First Artists announced Masquerade, written by Jerome Kass and directed by Ivan Passer, would be her next project, but nothing came of it. Eight years later, using the Napolin/Singer play as her source material, she wrote a detailed forty-two page treatment, the first to conceive of the movie version as a musical. A year later, Orion Pictures greenlighted the project, with Jon Peters co-producing and Streisand starring and directing, but when the big-budget Heaven's Gate proved to be a critical and commercial disaster, the studio lost interest. Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ... Ivan Passer, (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jon Peters (born June 2, 1945) is a hairdresser turned producer for many big-budget motion pictures. ... Heavens Gate is a movie that came out in 1981 and is widely considered the biggest Hollywood flop of the 1980s. ...

In 1981, United Artists agreed to a $14.5 million budget, with the studio getting final cut approval. British screenwriter Jack Rosenthal and Streisand completed the script, Michel Legrand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman composed the score, and principal photography began in April the following year, with a cast including Mandy Patinkin and Amy Irving. The production wrapped six months later, only 11% over budget. The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... Jack Rosenthal, CBE (8 September 1931 - 29 May 2004) , was a playwright, who wrote several early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and a number of successful plays and films. ... Michel Legrand (born February 24, 1932 in Paris) is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor and pianist. ... Alan Bergman (born 11 September 1925) is a prolific lyricist and songwriter, particularly of music for stage and film. ... Marilyn Bergman (née Keith, born 1929) is a composer, songwriter and author. ... Mandy Patinkin as Rube John Sofer from the television show Dead Like Me. ... Amy Irving (born September 10, 1953 in Palo Alto, California) is an Academy Award nominated American actress. ...

The following July, United Artists approved the director's cut and, fifteen years after Streisand first contemplated the film, it premiered on November 16, 1983 in New York City and Los Angeles, opened in thirteen theaters in those cities and Toronto two days later, and went into wide release the following month. The film's domestic gross was $39.3 million, with foreign box office adding an additional $22.8 million to the till. November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

The film veered dramatically from the original short story and play by allowing Yentl to reveal her true feelings for Avigdor and having her return to her female self and sail for the United States at the end.

Except for an incidental melody hummed by Irving during one scene, the solo vocals for all the songs in the film are performed by Streisand in the form of soliloquies. Perhaps the best known of these are "The Way He Makes Me Feel" and "Papa, Can You Hear Me?." Some numbers, such as "This is One of Those Moments" and "Tomorrow Night," are woven intricately into the dialogue and action of their respective scenes. Two of the songs - "The Way He Makes Me Feel" and "No Matter What Happens" - were recorded in studio versions by Streisand and released prior to the film's opening as a form of promotion. Soliloquy is an audible oratory or conversation with oneself. ... Papa,Can You Hear Me ? is an a 1983 Oscar-Winning song , performed by Barbra Streisand for film Yentl. ...

The film received a scathing review from Singer [1].

Film awards and nominations

Soundtrack album cover

• Academy Award for Best Original Score (winner)
• Academy Award for Best Art Direction (nominee)
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Irving, nominee)
• Academy Award for Best Song ("The Way He Makes Me Feel" and "Papa, Can You Hear Me?," nominees)
• Academy Award for Best Costume Design (nominee)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy (winner)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Director (winner)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (nominee)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Patinkin, nominee)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Streisand, nominee)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ("The Way He Makes Me Feel," nominee)
• Grammy Award for Best Album of an Original Score Written for A Motion Picture or a Television Special (nominee)
• Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score (nominee)
• Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor (Streisand, nominee)
• Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress (Irving, nominee)
• Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Special Silver Ribbon for Best New Director of a Foreign Film (winner)

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Trivia

• As of June 2006, Yentl remains the only movie to have been nominated for both Best Musical Score at the AMPAS and Worst Musical Score at the Golden Raspberry Awards. In addition, Amy Irving became the first actress to be nominated for an Oscar and a Razzie as Best and Worst Supporting Actress (respectively) for her performance in the same film (The first double nods came to James Coco for Best and Worst Supporting Actor for the movie Only When I Laugh; to this day, Irving and Coco are the only actors to receive both nods for the same performance).
• Yentl was mentioned in the South Park first season episode "Mecha-Streisand". When Leonard Maltin picks up Chef to help track down Barbra Streisand he asks him whether or not he has seen her and Chef replies, "No, not since Yentl."
• Yentl also was referenced in the Drawn Together episode Terms of Endearment when the housemates are playing Pictionary. Spanky Ham has drawn the movie poster for Jaws, and describes the movie as being about "a horrible, violent monster." When the time is up, Spanky claims he was talking about Yentl.
• There is also a reference to Yentl in the film Austin Powers Goldmember. Towards the end when Goldmember is being electrocuted he is saying "faza" over and over again. With his Dutch accent he is actually trying to say "father" and then proceeds to sing "Faza, can you hear me"?
• There is another reference of Yentl in "In & Out", during Howard Brackett's (Kevin Kline) bachelor party. One of his friends exclaims: "She (Barbara Streisand) was too old to play Yentl!".
• In The Simpsons, Bart hears Nelson sing "Papa, can you hear me?" as he wonders where his father is. He later comments about Lisa (who madly starts swimming in a cake), "Well, at least she's not singing Streisand."

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See also

• Cross-dressing in film and television

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External links

• Internet Broadway Database listing
• Yentl at the Internet Movie Database
• Yentl - 15 Years