Zero Mostel:
Zero Dances: A Biography by Arthur Sainer.
Zero Mostel: A Biography by Jared Brown.
Clifford Odets:
Clifford Odets: American Playwright: The Years from 1906 to 1940 by Margaret Bren-man-Gibson.
Joseph Papp:
Joe Papp: An American Life by Helen Epstein.
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Further Reading
Jerome Robbins:
Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Teacher, His Dance by Deborah Jowitt.
Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins by Amanda Vaill.
Richard Rodgers:
Richard Rodgers, Musical Stages: An Autobiography.
The Richard Rodgers Reader by Geoffrey Block.
Rodgers and Hammerstein:
Rodgers & Hammerstein by Ethan Mordden.
The Sound of Music: The Story of Rodgers and Hammerstein by Frederick Nolan, Oscar Hammerstein, and Richard Rodgers.
Stephen Schwartz:
Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked by Carol de Giere.
Neil Simon:
Play Goes On: A Memoir by Neil Simon.
Stephen Sondheim:
Art Isn’t Easy: The Theater of Stephen Sondheim by Joanne Gordon.
Lee Strasberg:
A Dream of Passion by Lee Strasberg.
The Lee Strasberg Notes by Lola Cohen.
Barbra Streisand:
The Importance of Being Barbra: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career of Barbra Streisand, by Tom Santopietro.
Charles Strouse:
Put on a Happy Face: A Broadway Memoir by Charles Strouse.
Wendy Wasserstein:
Wendy Wasserstein: A Casebook by Claudia Barnett .
Miscellaneous:
Are You Now or Have You Been: The Investigation of Show Business by the Un-American Activities Committee 1947–1958 by Eric Bentley.
Broadway: The American Musical by Michael Kantor and Laurence Maslon.
Broadway and the Blacklist by Lillian Hellman Scoundrel Time.
Broadway Musicals Show by Show by Stanley Green.
Coming Up Roses: The Broadway Musical in the 1950s by Ethan Mordden.
Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim by Geoffrey Block.
Making Americans: Jews and the Broadway Musical by Andrea Most.
The Musical: A Look at the American Musical Theater by Richard Kislan.
Musical Comedy in America: From The Black Crook to South Pacific , From The King
& I to Sweeney Todd by Cecil A. Smith and Glenn Litton.
No Applause — Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous by Trav S.D.
The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America’s Greatest Lyricists by Phillip Furias.
205
Further Reading
Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Meshugas of the Yiddish Theater in America by Stefan Kanfer.
Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater by Nahma Sandrow.
Wit’s End: Days and Nights of the Algonquin Round Table by James R. Gaines.
And for those interested in producing their own show: Let’s Put On a Show by Stewart F. Lane.
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Index
Abbott, George 89, 100, 105
All in the Family 136
Abie’s Irish Rose 45–46, 161
All My Sons 97
Academy Awards: Cabaret 142; Cimarron
Allegro 58
55; Driving Miss Daisy 171; Mel Brooks
Allen, Fred 60
178; The Producers 179; Rodgers and
Allen, Gracie 43, 45
Hammerstein 61; Stage Door 66
Allen, Joan 155
The Act 141
Allen, Peter 158, 182
actors and actresses see individual names
Allen, Woody 36, 111, 126; productions 129,
Actors Studio 72, 75, 76, 115
131, 152, 181
Adam Baum and the Jew Movie 194
Alvin Theater 86
Adams, Lee 135, 142
“America Was Different. America Is Differ-
Adams, Maude 24
ent” (Klinger) 48
The Addams Family 157, 177, 181, 189
American Academy of Dramatic Arts 142
The Adding Machine 82
American Ballet Theater 90
Adelphi University 151
American Beauty 124
Adler, Celia 80
American Buffalo 153
Adler, Ellen 15, 16
The American Daughter 154
Adler, Jacob P. 8, 10, 15–17, 20
American Idiot 186
Adler, Larry 103
American Jewish Congress 49
Adler, Louis 73
American Laboratory Theater School 77
Adler, Luther 79, 95, 122
American Landscape 82
Adler, Richard 105
American League for a Free Palestine 80
Adler, Sara Heine 16, 19
American Popular Song (Wilder) 52
Adler, Stella 72, 76–78; and Bergson Group
American Repertory Theater 72, 166
79; and Group Theater 73, 75, 95; and
American Theater Festival, Philadelphia
Yiddish Theater 28
164
Adrift in Macao 62
American Theater Wing 85, 92
African Americans on Broadway 41, 55, 57,
Amerika 19
63–64, 119
Amour 170
After the Fall 98
Andrews, Julie 69, 107
The Age of Assassins 150
Angelou, Maya 64
AIDS crisis 5, 147, 149–150, 151, 165
Angels in America 150
Aladdin 162, 164
Animal Crackers 43, 66
Aleichem, Sholom 121
Anna and the King of Siam 58
Alexander, Jane 155
Anna Christie 123
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band” 47, 51
Annie 137, 158
Algonquin Round Table 65
Annie Get Your Gun 52, 91, 130
Alice 129
Annie Hall 181
All About Eve 136
Another Part of the Forest 83
All American 136, 179
Anti-Defamation League 48, 171
207
Index
anti–Semitism 48, 70, 76, 119, 135; in
Baumfeld-Kaufman, Bessie see Thomashef-
vaudeville 32
sky, Bessie
Anyone Can Whistle 108
Bayes, Nora 35–36, 40, 60
Anything Goes 157, 158
Beaches 182
The Apartment 127
Beatty, Warren 78
Applause 136, 142
Beauty and the Beast 162, 164
The Apple Tree 128
Behar, Joy 153
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 164
Belasco, David 27
Arch Street Theater 19
La Belle Paree 41
architecture 161
Bells Are Ringing 89, 104, 107
Arden, Eve 66
Ben-Ami 22
Ardler, Stella see Adler, Stella
Benchley, Robert 65
The Aristocats 165
benefit performances 17
Arlen, Harold 64
Bennett, Michael 136, 151–152
Armstrong, Billy Joe 186
Bennett, Tony 105, 167
Armstrong, Louis 132
Benny, Jack 43–44
Army Emergency Relief Fund 52
Bergson Group 78–80
Arnaz, Lucie 128
Berle, Milton 44, 79, 86, 101, 111
Arthur, Bea 122
Berlin, Irving 43, 50–54, 65, 66, 92
As Thousands Cheer 52
Berlinger, Mendel see Berle, Milton
Ashman, Harold 164, 165
Ber
nardi, Herschel 122
assimilation of immigrants 4, 53, 70, 92,
Bernhardt, Sarah 26
147
Bernstein, Leonard 80, 88, 89–90, 95, 108
Astaire, Adele 63, 67
“Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” 61
Astaire, Fred 63, 67
Big as Life 120
Atlanta Trilogy 170
Big Boy 24
Atwell, Lester 140
Big Business 182
August: Osage County 188
The Big Sleep 142
Auntie Mame 133; see also Mame
The Big Voice: God or Merman? 193
Avenue Q 184–185
Billion Dollar Baby 88, 90
Awake and Sing! 74, 75, 81
Biloxi Blues 86, 128, 129
Away We Go! 57
The Birdcage 130
blackface 33, 37, 41
Babes in Arms 61
blacklisted 95, 102–103, 107, 116, 124
Babes in Toyland 26
Blazing Saddles 179
Bacall, Lauren 136, 142, 171
Blitzstein, Mark 95
Bacharach, Burt 127
Bloomgarden, Kermit 115
Bailey, Pearl 133
Blossom Time 24
Baker, Elliott 130
Bock, Jerry 120–121, 125
“baking plays” 21
The Body Beautiful 121
Bakrow, Beatrice 69
Bolger, Ray 61, 63, 179
Baldwin, Alec 77
Bombay Dreams 187
Baline, Israel see Berlin, Irving
Booth Theater 137
Ball, Lucille 66, 167
Borach, Fanny see Brice, Fanny
Bananas 139
Born Yesterday 107
Bancroft, Anne 77, 124, 180
Borscht Belt 111; see also Catskill Mountains The Band Wagon 66
Boublil, Alain 159
Bankhead, Tallulah 65
Bowery Garden 12
Barefoot in the Park 126–127, 129, 130
Boy Scouts of America 52
Barnum 168
Brando, Marlon 75, 78, 79, 80
Barnum and Bailey Circus 30
Bratsburg (Morgan), Harry 73
Baron, Sandy 112
Breakfast at Tiffany’s 124
Barrymore, Ethel 63
Brecht, Bertolt 150
Barrymore, Lionel 161
Brice, Fanny 32, 33–34, 40, 124, 153; see
The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel 147
also Funny Girl
Basie, Count 79
Brickman, Marshall 180, 189
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Index
Brigadoon 72, 106
Carousel 58, 158
Brighton Beach Memoirs 128
Carr, Allan 172
Brigit Loves Bernie 46
Carradine, Keith 173
Broadcast News 182
Castle, Irene 51
Broadway 23, 85, 91, 160–162, 177
Castle, Vernon 51
Broadway Bound 128, 129
The Cat and the Fiddle 55
Broadway Danny Rose 112
Catch a Star! 120
Broadway Musicals Show by Show (Green)
The Catch of the Season 54
67
Catch-22 130
Broadway Theater 132
Cats 157, 158, 179
Broadway Theater Ensemble 156
Catskill Mountains 110–114, 179
Brochu, Jim 193
Catskills on Broadway 114
Broder singers 8, 10
Caught Short! A Saga of Wailing Wall Street
Broderick, Matthew 180, 182
(Cantor) 36
Brody, Alan 194
Champion, Gower 133, 134, 136, 140
Brooks, Mel 136, 178–180
Channing, Carol 104, 124, 133
Brown’s Hotel 111
Chaplin, Charlie 44
Bruno, Walter 89
Chapter Two 127–128
Brynner, Yul 58
Charnin, Martin 136
Buck, Pearl 68
Le Chauve-Souris 65
Bucks County, PA 67
Cheers 161, 189
Bucks County Playhouse 68
Chenowith, Kristin 186
burlesque 33–34
The Cherry Orchard 26
Burnett, Carol 102, 124
Chicago 141, 189
Burns, George 43–44, 45
Children’s Defense Fund 143
Burrows, Abe 104–105, 142
The Children’s Hour 83, 153
Burstyn, Ellen 77
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 165
Burton, Richard 107, 115
choreography see individual choreographers
Butterflies Are Free 137
A Chorus Line 139, 147, 159, 189
By Jupiter 61
A Christmas Carol 164
“By the Light of the Silvery Moon” 40
Cimarron 55
Bye Bye Birdie 135–136
Cinderella 162
Circumcise Me 193
Cabaret 102, 140, 142
City College of New York 154
Cactus Flower 142
City of Angels 166, 168
Caesar, Irving 62
City Slickers 182
Caesar, Sid 86, 111, 112, 126
Clare Tree Major School of Acting 72
La Cage Aux Folles 108, 152, 158, 171–172
Clayburgh, Jill 77
Cahn, Sammy 58, 104
“Climb Every Mountain” 59
Call Me Madam 90
Closer Than Ever 188
Call Me Mister 123
Clurman, Harold 7, 71–73, 77
Calloway, Cab 64
Cobb, Lee J. 73
Camelot 107
The Cocoanuts 43, 57, 66
Camp Shows 86
Cohan, George M. 23, 33, 68, 142
Campbell, Yisrael 193
The Cohens and the Kellys 46
Can Can 104–105
Cold War 92–93, 116
Candid Camera 181
Coleman, Cy 112, 166, 167–168, 173–174
Candide 89
Coleman, Gary 185
Cantor, Eddie 32, 36, 40, 79
Collins, Phil 166
Capeman 158
Columbia University 56, 59, 66, 83, 135,
Capri, Dick 114
140, 150
Carlisle, Kitty 69
Comden, Betty 63, 88–89, 136, 142, 173–
Carmen Jones 57
174
Carnegie Hall 167
Come Blow Your Horn 126, 142
Carnival 123
comedy in vaudeville 31–32, 34, 35–36,
Caroline, or Change 150, 151, 187, 188
42–43; see also specific comedians
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Index
commedia dell’arte 138
Detroit Opera House 25
Committee for a Jewish Army of Stateless
Diamond, Selma 129
and Palestinian Jews see Bergson Group
“Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” 104
Committee for the First Amendment 96
The Diary of Anne Frank 102, 107, 114–115
Communism 94–103, 119; and Cold War
The Dick Cavett Show 181
92–93, 116; sympathizers 81, 83–84, 146
Diggs, Taye 184
Como, Perry 79
Dillar, Phyllis 133
The Company of Angels 194
Dilly, Erin 186
Concord Resort 111
Dinner at Eight 55
A Connecticut Yankee 61
Dirty Blonde 170
Connelly, Marc 66
Dirty Dancing 143
Cook, Captain 38
discrimination 40–41; see also anti–Semi-
Copland, Aaron 89, 135
tism; racism
Cornell University 84, 108
Disney, Walt 96; see a
lso The Walt Disney
Coughlin, Father James 48
Company
Counselor-at-Law 75, 82, 115
Divided by Three 69
Crawford, Cheryl 72, 75
Divine Madness 182
Crazy for You 158
“Do-Re-Mi” 59
Crimes and Misdemeanors 157
The Doll Girl 54
The Critic 179
A Doll’s House 19, 26
The Crucible 97, 98, 115–116
domestic drama 21
Crystal, Billy 36
Don’t Drink the Water 112, 131
“The Cultural Cold War as History” (Whit -
“Don’t Rain on My Parade” 104
field) 99
Dorsey, Jimmy 66
Curb Your Enthusiasm 180
Doubt 187
curtain speech 9
Drama Workshop 77
Curtains 188
Dreamgirls 152
Cy Coleman Trio 167
Dreyfuss, Richard 146
Cyrano 143
Driving Miss Daisy 170
Cyrano de Bergerac 26
The Drowsy Chaperone 188
Czar Alexander II 10
Duck Variations 153
Czar Alexander III 10
“Dueling Banjos” 181
Dulcy 66
The Daily Worker 96
The Duplex 112
Damn Yankees 105, 143, 189
Durante, Jimmy 36, 61
dance see individual dancers and choreogra-
phers
Earl Carroll Vanities 44
“Dance of the Seven Veils” 34
East Lynn 14
Dark Passage 142
Easter Parade 53
Darkness at Noon 84
Eastman Conservatory 135
Dartmouth College 156
Ebb, Fred 140
Daryl Roth Theater 188
The Ed Sullivan Show 31, 107, 113
David, Hal 127
“Edelweiss” 59
David, Larry 180
education, theater as 3, 4
Davis, Bette 83, 85
8½
155
Davis, Sammy, Jr. 64, 136
Eisner, Michael 160, 162
Dawn O’Hara 55
Electra 186
“Day by Day” 138
The Elephant Man 179
Dean, James 77
Elisa Ben Avia 77
The Dearborn Independent 48
Elise, Rick 181
Death of a Salesman 97–98, 115
Ellis Island 7, 11
Delacorte Theater 146
Emmy Awards 61, 178, 189
De La Guarda 188
Empire Theater 23
Deliverance 181
An English Daisy 54
De Niro, Robert 78
English language in theater 4, 14, 16, 27–28,
The Depression 48, 71
70
210
Index
Enter Laughing 121
44th Street Theater 85
Ethel Barrymore Theater 87
The Forty-Niners 65
ethnic tolerance, Broadway influencing 45
42nd Street 134
Eugene O’Neill Theater 125, 127
42nd Street and Broadway 85, 91, 160
Eugene trilogy 128
Fosse, Bob 112, 138, 141, 173
An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine
Foster, Sutton 186
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