Picon Pie

About the show

Picon Pie is a musical play by Rose Leiman Goldemberg about the life and career of Molly Picon, a performer associated with Yiddish theatre, Broadway, film, radio, and television. The play premiered at the Santa Monica Playhouse in California on April 6, 2002, with Barbara Minkus as Picon and Jack Kutcher as her husband and manager, Jacob "Yonkel" Kalich. The production was directed by Chris DeCarlo, with musical direction by Beth Ertz. Minkus later reprised the role in a 2003 Florida production and in the play's 2004 Off-Broadway production in New York City. The New York production opened at the DR2 Theatre on July 15, 2004, and later transferred to the Lamb's Theatre, where June Gable succeeded Minkus in the role of Picon.