Jews on Broadway an historical survey of performers, playwrights, composers, lyricists and producers /

"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...

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Main Author: Lane, Stewart F.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2011.
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245 1 0 |a Jews on Broadway  |h [electronic resource] :  |b an historical survey of performers, playwrights, composers, lyricists and producers /  |c Stewart F. Lane. 
260 |a Jefferson, N.C. :  |b McFarland & Co.,  |c 2011. 
300 |a ix, 221 p. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a "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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