NEW YORK—Real friendship can serve as a source of strength and possibility, even as the world seems to be falling apart. So it is with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s deeply stirring production of “Harmony,” which tells the story of one of the most popular singing groups in the first part of the 20th century.
In 1927, Germany was still reeling from the aftermath of the World War I and going through a recession where “a wheelbarrow of money bought a slice of cheese.” The country was also rife with protest, as different political factions jockeyed for attention on street corners and in the corridors of government.
