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Author:

Lane, Stewart F., author.

Title:

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

Edition:

Second edition.

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

vii, 242 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Jews in the performing arts--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Jewish entertainers--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Jews in popular culture--United States.
Theater--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Musicals--New York--New York--20th century--History and criticism.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
Jewish entertainers.
Jews in popular culture.
Jews in the performing arts.
Musicals.
Theater.
New York (State)--New York.
New York (State)--Broadway.--Broadway.
United States.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Setting the stage -- Immigration, Yiddish theater and building broadway -- Part of the melting pot: from Vaudeville to Broadway -- The 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 -- The new millennium sees Broadway breakthroughs: veterans and newcomers.

Summary:

"Six-time Tony Award-winning producer Stewart F. Lane chronicles the emergence of Jewish American theater, from immigrants producing Yiddish plays in the ghettos of New York's Lower East Side to legendary performers staging massive shows on Broadway. This historical survey includes new information and photographs, along with insights and anecdotes from a life in the theater"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1476667055
9781476667058

OCLC:

(OCoLC)971130635

LCCN:

2017004762

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)