Irena's Vow

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At the beginning of Dan Gordon's engrossing and uplifting drama, Irena's Vow, Tovah Feldshuh, as real life heroin Irena Gut Opdyke, is introduced to a high school auditorium filled with students to tell them about her experiences as a 19-year-old trying to hide 12 Jews in Nazi occupied Poland. At the end of the play she is reminding her young listeners that they are the last generation that will hear first hand accounts of the Holocaust's atrocities from those who survived it, and that it is their responsibility to never back away from confronting hatred.

Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony Award-nominee Tovah Feldshuh, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, June 28th, the producers announced today. The production will have played 21 previews and 105 regular performances.

Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony Award-nominee Tovah Feldshuh, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, June 28th, the producers announced today. The production will have played 21 previews and 105 regular performances.

Four-time Tony Nominee Tovah Feldshuh, currently starring on Broadway in Irena's Vow, will be co-hosting the unprecedented, live broadcast of the Tony Awards in Duffy Square on Sunday, June 7. The Tony Awards has partnered with the Times Square Alliance to simulcast the entire Tony Awards program from Radio City Music Hall, on the Clear Channel Spectacolor Screen in Times Square.

In the 2009 Theatre Fans' Choice Awards, sponsored by BroadwayWorld.com, Irena's Vow won a Best Play award and its star, Tovah Feldshuh, took the honor for Best Leading Actress in a Play. Tonight's show (June 4) marks the production's 100th performance on Broadway.

Tovah Feldshuh, playwright Dan Gordon and the cast of 'Irena's Vow' were joined by Broadway luminaries including Lynn Redgrave, and a group of African-American Rabbis headed up by Rabbi Benyamin Ben Levy fr0m Temple Beth Belohim in St. Albans Queen. They all took part in a candlelight ceremony in commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) immediately prior to the evening performance of 'Irena's Vow.'

Catch highlights from the dramatic production of Irena's Vow starring Tovah Feldshuh - right here on BroadwayWorld.com!

Tovah Feldshuh, playwright Dan Gordon and the cast of Broadway's 'Irena's Vow' will hold a candlelight vigil in commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). The vigil will take place April 21st at the Walter Kerr theatre immediately prior to that evening's performance of 'Irena's Vow.'

Tovah Feldshuh, playwright Dan Gordon and the cast of Broadway's 'Irena's Vow' will hold a candlelight vigil in commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). The vigil will take place April 21st at the Walter Kerr theatre immediately prior to that evening's performance of 'Irena's Vow.'

The Directors Company production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh, and directed by Michael Parva, opened on Broadway last night, Sunday, March 29th. BroadwayWorld.com was there for all the opening night action!

The Directors Company production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh, and directed by Michael Parva, opened on Broadway last night, Sunday, March 29th. BroadwayWorld.com was there for the emotional curtain call.

The Directors Company production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh, and directed by Michael Parva, opens on Broadway tonight, Sunday, March 29th at 6:30 pm.

The Directors Company production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh, and directed by Michael Parva, opens on Broadway on Sunday, March 29th at 6:30 pm.

The producers of Irena's Vow have generously donated a limited number of tickets for this rare opportunity to see the opening night for Sunday, March 29th at 6:30 PM at The Walter Kerr Theatre to benefit The Actors Fund.

The producers of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh, and directed by Michael Parva, have established a student ticket policy. Beginning today (the first preview performance), a limited number of front row tickets will be available for purchase at the box office of the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street) for $25.00. Tickets are available the day of the performance when the box office opens and will require a valid student I.D. (2 tickets per I.D., cash only).

IRENA'S VOW Begins Previews at the Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 West 48th St. (btwn Broadway & 8th Ave.) on March 10th with an Opening Night scheduled for March 29th, 2009. BroadwayWorld is giving away 2 pairs of tickets to the acclaimed drama.

Following a triumphant sold-out engagement, four-time Tony Award? nominee TOVAH FELDSHUH (GOLDA'S BALCONY) returns to Broadway this spring in the critically acclaimed, tremendously moving new play, IRENA'S VOW.