Jews on Broadway [electronic resource] : an historical survey of performers, playwrights, composers, lyricists and producers / Stewart F. Lane.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2011.Description: ix, 221 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.089/924 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1590.J48 L35 2011eb
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Contents:
Introduction : setting the stage -- Immigration, Yiddish theater and building Broadway -- Part of the melting pot : from Vaudeville to Broadway -- Music of Broadway : classic composers, legendary lyricists -- Group theater, acting teachers and life during wartime -- From communism to the Catskills -- Jewish themes, legends and life in the 1960s and 1970s -- Young playwrights with a message, inflation, Disney and me -- New millennium sees Broadway breakthroughs : veterans and newcomers -- Epilogue.
Summary: "Jewish performers, composers, lyricists, directors, choreographers and producers have made an indelible mark on Broadway for more than a century. This historical volume captures the story of the Jewish emergence from immigrants in ghetto living conditions staging Yiddish Theater productions on New York's Lower East Side to their significant social and cultural impact on the stages of Broadway" --Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : setting the stage -- Immigration, Yiddish theater and building Broadway -- Part of the melting pot : from Vaudeville to Broadway -- Music of Broadway : classic composers, legendary lyricists -- Group theater, acting teachers and life during wartime -- From communism to the Catskills -- Jewish themes, legends and life in the 1960s and 1970s -- Young playwrights with a message, inflation, Disney and me -- New millennium sees Broadway breakthroughs : veterans and newcomers -- Epilogue.

"Jewish performers, composers, lyricists, directors, choreographers and producers have made an indelible mark on Broadway for more than a century. This historical volume captures the story of the Jewish emergence from immigrants in ghetto living conditions staging Yiddish Theater productions on New York's Lower East Side to their significant social and cultural impact on the stages of Broadway" --Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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