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Which Singer's novel was made into a stage musical?

  • Yentl

  • The Slave

  • Enemies, a Love Story

  • Gimpel the Fool

Answer

Yentl is a novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer that was made into a stage musical. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1974 and was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, winning four. It was later adapted into a film in 1983, which starred Barbra Streisand and Mandy Patinkin. The musical tells the story of a young Jewish woman in Poland who disguises herself as a man in order to study Talmud.
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