New Staging Of 'Yentl' Tells A Transgender Story
by NPR Staff
All Things Considered
February 5, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/02/05/146431727/new-staging-of-yentl-tells-a-transgender-girls-story (http://www.npr.org/2012/02/05/146431727/new-staging-of-yentl-tells-a-transgender-girls-story)
Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule is probably best known for her 1995 hit single, "I Kissed a Girl." These days, she's taking on a new musical project: the gender-bending play by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Yentl.
Barbra Streisand turned Singer's play into her 1984 hit movie musical of the same name. Although Sobule's version features music, it's a little more Singer and a little less Streisand.