Stewart F. Lane

Jews on Broadway

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

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9781476667058
• ISBN-10: 1476667055
• Artikelnr.: 46009223

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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