A Trip to Lilyville with the Great Tovah Feldshuh

Pop Literacy

Prepare to be entertained, enlightened, and entranced in this week’s episode of Pop Literacy, as we welcome Tony and Emmy-nominated actress and singer Tovah Feldshuh, who talks to us about her engrossing new book Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I’ve Played. Lilyvilleis part memoir, part ode to Feldshuh’s late mother, Lily, who lived to be 103 years old, and whose complicated relationship with her daughter helped shape Feldshuh into the fierce, thoughtful, loving, and supremely talented woman she is.

Whether you know her from more than four decades of Broadway performances in classics like Yentl, Pippin, and Golda’s Balcony, memorable TV roles on The Walking Dead, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Law & Order, or her popular cabaret shows across the country, you will find reasons to love and be delighted by Feldshuh’s remembrances of her incredibly accomplished career. As for the personal, you need only listen to the tour de force conversation we were so lucky to have with her to get a sample of how charming is Lilyville’s sharing about her life with family and friends.

Resource links:

• Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I’ve Played
• TovahFeldshuh.com