Yevgeny Arye (or Yevgeni, Russian: Евгений Арье, Hebrew: יבגני אריה, 28 November 1947 – 19 January 2022) was an Israeli theater director, playwright, scriptwriter, and set designer.[1]
Yevgeny Aryeh | |
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| Born | Евгений Михайлович Арье Evgeniy Mikhaylovich Arye 28 November 1947 |
| Died | January 19, 2022 (aged 74) New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation(s) | Theater director, playwright, scriptwriter, and set designer |
| Known for | Theater director for the Gesher Theater |
| Awards | Stanislavski Prize for theatre |
Career
editIn the Soviet Union, Aryeh was a veteran theater and television director.[2]
Aryeh was the theater director for the Gesher Theater, in Tel Aviv, Israel, and noted for his "special vision".[1][3][4][5][6] Gesher was founded in 1991 by Russian immigrants headed by Aryeh.[6][7]
In 2001, Aryeh was nominated for the Israel Theater Prize for playwright, for Satan in Moscow.[8] In 2003, he received nominations as director, scriptwriter, and set designer for an Israeli Theater Award for the production of Isaac Bashevis Singer's love story The Slave.[9]
In 2005, Aryeh was voted the 170th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[10]
In 2009, he was a winner of the Yuri Shtern Prize for New Immigrant Artists, awarded by Israeli Absorption Minister, then Eli Aflalo.[11] That same year, Yevgeny Arye won the prestigious Stanislavski international prize for theatre in Russia for his production of Isaac Bashevis Singer's story, Enemies, a Love Story [12]
Personal life and death
editAryeh fell ill in November 2021. He died during an operation in a clinic in New York City, on 19 January 2022, at the age of 74.[13][14][15] He was buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Putnam Valley three days later.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b David Singer, Ruth R. Seldin (1997). American Jewish year book; Book 1997. VNR AG. p. 499. ISBN 9780874951110. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
Yevgeny Aryeh.
- ^ Ira Iosebashvili (October 3, 2003). "Immigrant Troupe Comes Home". The Moscow Times. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ Amanda Borsche (May 8, 2002). "News of the muse". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ Greer Fay Cashman (February 23, 2005). "It sounds better in Yiddish". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ Naomi Doudai (March 16, 2004). "Theater Review". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ a b Walter Ruby (March 28, 2008). "'Momik' Lost In Translation?". The Jewish Week. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ Colin Chambers (July 14, 2006). Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ Helen Kaye (March 13, 2001). "News of the Muse". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ Greer Fay Cashman (March 17, 2003). "Gesher's 'The Slave' nominated for 12 Israeli Theater awards". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
- ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ "Immigrant artists get prizes". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ short news Haaretz 27/10/2011
- ^ "Умер театральный режиссер Евгений Арье". www.mk.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ^ Огромное горе. Умер бессменный руководитель театра "Гешер"
- ^ Cashman, Greer Fay (2022-01-20). "Celebrated Gesher Theater founder Yevgeny Aryeh dies". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ Yevgeny Arye obituary