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

From Fanny Brice, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern to Barbra Streisand, Alan Menken and Tony Kushner, 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 ghettos staging Yiddish productions on New York's Lower East Side to their significant social and cultural impact on the stages of Broadway. Includes insights and anecdotes from a life spent working with many of the Jewish legends of American theater. About the Author Stewart F. Lane is a four-time Tony Award-winning author who lives in New York City. 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. "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.