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

Title
  1. Jews on Broadway : an historical survey of performers, playwrights, composers, lyricists and producers / Stewart F. Lane.
Published by
  1. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.
Author
  1. Lane, Stewart F.

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Description
  1. vii, 242 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "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"--
Subject
  1. 1900-1999
  2. Jews in the performing arts > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
  3. Jewish entertainers > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
  4. Jews in popular culture > United States
  5. Theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
  6. Musicals > New York (State) > New York > 20th century > History and criticism
  7. Jewish entertainers
  8. Jews in popular culture
  9. Jews in the performing arts
  10. Musicals
  11. Theater
  12. Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
  13. New York (State) > New York
  14. New York (State) > New York > Broadway
  15. United States
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. 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.
Call number
  1. MWED (New York) 17-3162
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
Author
  1. Lane, Stewart F., author.
Title
  1. Jews on Broadway : an historical survey of performers, playwrights, composers, lyricists and producers / Stewart F. Lane.
Publisher
  1. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.
Edition
  1. Second edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1900-1999
LCCN
  1. 2017004762
Other standard identifier
  1. 40027281120
ISBN
  1. 9781476667058 (print)
  2. 1476667055 (print)
Research call number
  1. MWED (New York) 17-3162
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