Jews on Broadway

An Historical Survey of Performers, Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Producers, 2d ed.

Stewart F. Lane (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

252 Seiten

2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6705-8 (ISBN)

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From Fanny Brice, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern to Barbra Streisand, and Stephen Sondheim, Jewish performers, composers, lyricists, directors, choreographers and producers have made an indelible mark on Broadway for more than a century. This historical new edition captures the story of the Jewish emergence from immigrants in ghettos on New York's lower east side to the stages of Broadway.

Fanny Brice, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Barbra Streisand, Alan Menken, Stephen Sondheim--Jewish performers, composers, lyricists, directors, choreographers and producers have made an indelible mark on Broadway for more than a century. 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.

In its expanded second edition, this historical survey includes new information and photographs, along with insights and anecdotes from a life in the theater.

Stewart F. Lane is a six-time Tony Award winner, an Olivier winning producer, owner and operator of the palace theater in New York City and president and C.E.O. of Broadwayhd (broadwayhd.com), a streaming service for viewing full length Broadway shows.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: Setting the Stage

1. Immigration, Yiddish Theater and Building Broadway

2. Part of the Melting Pot: From Vaudeville to Broadway

3. The Music of Broadway: Classic Composers, Legendary

Lyricists

4. Group Theater, Acting Teachers and Life During Wartime

5. From Communism to the Catskills

6. Jewish Themes, Legends and Life in the 1960s and 1970s

7. Young Playwrights with a Message, Inflation, Disney and Me

8. The New Millennium Sees Broadway Breakthroughs:

Veterans and Newcomers

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Further Reading

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.04.2017
Zusatzinfo	30 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	313 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-4766-6705-5 / 1476667055
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6705-8 / 9781476667058
Zustand	Neuware