The Jewish Exponent

Animated ‘An American Tail’ About Immigrating Russian-Jewish Mice Now a Musical

Itamar Moses was 10 when he watched “An American Tail” at his Jewish day school in California. He was struck by the 1986 film, an animated musical about a family of Russian-Jewish mice who immigrate ...
The New York Times

Onstage in ‘An American Tail,’ a Family’s Jewishness Comes to the Fore

The Children’s Theater Company production, based on the animated film, elevates the depiction of its characters’ religious and ethnic backgrounds. By Marc Tracy The 1986 animated feature film “An ...
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AN AMERICAN TAIL 1986 - A Cool Kids At The Carlton Presentation!

Can you believe there's been 10 official COOL KIDS AT THE CARLTON screenings and not one of them has been of an animated film? Well on March 12th, we're going to rectify that in a big way with Don ...
Sun Sentinel

‘AMERICAN TAIL’ ENDEARING ALLEGORY OF IMMIGRANT LIFE

Move over Mickey, America has discovered an even more lovable animated mouse. His name is Fievel Mousekewitz, the star of the first animated film by Steven Spielberg, An American Tail. The year is ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

‘An American Tail,’ the classic animated film about Russian-Jewish mice who immigrate to America, is now a musical

The team hopes to tour the show if it has success at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis. (JTA) — Itamar Moses was 10 years old when he watched “An American Tail” at his Jewish day school in ...
Morning Call PA

RE-ANIMATOR WITH ‘AMERICAN TAIL,’ DIRECTOR DON BLUTH HAS CREATED A CARTOON WITH THE DISNEY TOUCH

Animation is an art – not the cookie-cutter-styled cartoons you see on Saturday morning, but classical animation like “Fantasia,” “Snow White,” “Pinocchio,” “Song of the South,” “Lady and the Tramp” ...