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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]

Career

In 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

Aryeh 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ira Iosebashvili (October 3, 2003). "Immigrant Troupe Comes Home". The Moscow Times. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  3. ^ Amanda Borsche (May 8, 2002). "News of the muse". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  4. ^ Greer Fay Cashman (February 23, 2005). "It sounds better in Yiddish". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  5. ^ Naomi Doudai (March 16, 2004). "Theater Review". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  6. ^ a b Walter Ruby (March 28, 2008). "'Momik' Lost In Translation?". The Jewish Week. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  7. ^ Colin Chambers (July 14, 2006). Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  8. ^ Helen Kaye (March 13, 2001). "News of the Muse". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  9. ^ Greer Fay Cashman (March 17, 2003). "Gesher's 'The Slave' nominated for 12 Israeli Theater awards". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  10. ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  11. ^ "Immigrant artists get prizes". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  12. ^ short news Haaretz 27/10/2011
  13. ^ "Умер театральный режиссер Евгений Арье". www.mk.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  14. ^ Огромное горе. Умер бессменный руководитель театра "Гешер"
  15. ^ Cashman, Greer Fay (2022-01-20). "Celebrated Gesher Theater founder Yevgeny Aryeh dies". The Jerusalem Post.
  16. ^ Yevgeny Arye obituary

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