Jews on Broadway : An Historical Survey of Performers, Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Producers
Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface 1 Introduction: Setting the Stage 3 1. Immigration, Yiddish Theater and Building Broadway 7 2. Part of the Melting Pot: From Vaudeville to Broadway 30 3. The Music of Broadway: Classic Composers, Legendary Lyricists 47 4. Group Theater, Acting Teachers and Life During Wartime 71 5. From Communism to the Catskills 94 6. Jewish Themes, Legends and Life in the 1960s and 1970s 119 7. Young Playwrights with a Message, Inflation, Disney and Me 149 8.
The New Millennium Sees Broadway Breakthroughs: Veterans and Newcomers 176 Epilogue 195 Chapter Notes 197 Bibliography 199 Further Reading 203 Index 207.