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

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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lane, Stewart F.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2011.
Subjects:
Jews in the performing arts > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Jewish entertainers > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Jews in popular culture > United States.
Theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Musicals > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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.

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