May 129
Four Jews in a Room Bitching 169
Evergreen 61
Four Seasons 177
Everybody Loves Raymond 157
Francis, Arthur see Gershwin, Ira
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses” 104, 109
Frasier 157, 189
Evita 158, 168
“free dish nights” 85
Freedland, Michael 103
Face the Music 52, 67
freedom of expression 7, 11, 28, 49, 82–83
Faggots 149
Friedman, Rebecca 188
Fairchild, Terri see Feldshuh, Tovah
Frohman, Charles 23–24
Falsettos 169–170
Frohman, Daniel 24
Fancy Free see On the Town
From A to Z 132, 140
Fanny 123, 131
The Front 116
Farmer, Frances 74–75
The Full Monty 177
Faust 14
Funacello, Annette 165
Faye, Alice 63
Funny Face 63
Fedora 19
Funny Girl 90, 107, 123–125, 184, 193; see Feiner, Dorothy Belle 62
also Brice, Fanny
Feldshuh, Terri Sue see Feldshuh, Tovah
Funny Lady 124
Feldshuh, Tovah 143–145, 176
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Fellini 155
Forum 100–101, 102, 108, 157, 168
Fences 187
Ferber, Edna 55, 65, 66
Gale, Jackie 112
Ferrer, Jose 121
Garfield, John 73, 75–76, 85, 95
Feuer, Cy 104
Garfinkle, Jules see Garfield, John
Fiddler on the Roof 5, 90, 91, 119–123, 152
The Garrick Gaieties 60, 66
Field, Sally 77
Gaynor, William Jay 20
Fields, Lou 60
Gelbart, Larry 101, 112, 129, 166
Fields, Totie 111
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 104, 109, 133
Fields, W.C. 40, 44, 63
George M! 142–143
Fierstein, Harvey 122, 152–153, 158, 172
George of the Jungle 182
financial troubles for Broadway 91–92,
George Washington Slept Here 68
158
Gere, Richard 187
Fine, Sylvia 86
Gershowitz, George see Gershwin, George
Finn, William 169, 189
Gershowitz, Israel see Gershwin, Ira
Fiorello! 121
Gershwin, George 28, 41, 50, 62–64, 66
“Firefly” 167
Gershwin, Ira 50, 56, 62–64, 66, 69
First Monday in October 116
Gest, Morris 27
Fitch, Clyde 162
Get Smart 179
A Flag Is Born 80, 115
“Getting to Know You” 58
Flora the Red Menace 140
Gigi 107
Florodora 25
Gilbert and Sullivan 67
Floyd Collins 183
Gilford, Jacob Aaron ( Jack) 101–102, 121
Focus 99
Gilford, Madeline Lee Lederman 101–102
Folies-Bergère 39
Girl Crazy 63, 158
“folk opera” 63
The Girl from Utah 54
Fonda, Jane 77
The Girls from Happyland 33
Fontaine, Robert 133
Giuliani, Rudy 160
Forbidden Melody 162
Gleason, Jackie 132
Ford, Henry 48
Glee 184
The Foreigner 157
Glengarry Glen Ross 153
211
Index
“God Bless America” 52, 53–54
Hackett, Buddy 111
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater 164, 165
Hair 138, 147
Godspell 134, 138, 183
Hairspray 136, 152, 159, 182
Goetz, Dorothy 53
Hamlet 17, 26
Golda’s Balcony 144
Hamlisch, Marvin 128, 139, 166
Goldberg, Lenora see Bayes, Nora
Hammerstein, Arthur 56, 57
Goldberg, Whoopie 130, 157
Hammerstein, Oscar, II 24–25, 52, 55,
The Goldbergs 28
56–59, 64; see also Rodgers, Richard
Golden Boy 74, 75, 81, 136
Hammerstein, Reginald 57
Goldenberg, Emanuel see Robinson, Ed-
Hammerstein, William 56
ward G.
Hammerstein Theater 57
Goldfadn, Abraham 8–10, 13, 20, 22
Happy Days 161
Goldfarb, Daniel 193–194
The Happy Time 133, 141
Goldie Awards 22
Harbach, Otto 55–56, 57, 162
Goldstein, Jenny 19
Harlem Opera House 25
Golubok, Abe 12, 13
Harnick, Sheldon 120–121, 125
Golubok, Leon 12, 13
Harper, Valerie 132
Golubok, Miron 12, 13
Harrison, Rex 69
The Good Earth 26
Harry Delmar’s Revels 87
Goodbye, Charlie 142
Hart, Lorenz 59–62, 68
The Goodbye Girl 128, 139, 166
Hart, Moss 52, 65, 67–69, 85, 105, 168
Goodman, Benny 66
Harvard University 99, 106, 166
Goodtime Charley 143
Harwood, John 63
Gordin, Jacob 4, 15, 16, 20–21
Hashkiveinu 90
Gordon, Max 66
Haskalah ( Jewish Enlightenment) 3–4
Gordon, Ruth 107
Hawn, Goldie 143
Gottlieb, Robert 69
Hayes, Helen 66
Goulet, Robert 107, 133
Hays, Carole Shorenstein 187
Grable, Betty 133
Hearst, William Randolph 80
The Graduate 130
Hebrew Actor’s Union 22
Grammy Awards 61, 127, 178
The Hebrew and the Cadet 37
Grand Hotel 156
Hecht, Ben 79
Grand Theater 16, 20
Hedda Gabler 26
The Grand Tour 143, 187
The Heidi Chronicles 154
Grease 136, 156, 161
Heine, Maurice 19
“Great Eagle” ( Jacob Adler) 15
Held, Anna 10, 39–40
Great Lady 106
Helen Hayes Theater 170
Green, Adolf 88, 107, 136, 173–174, 184
Hellman, Lillian 83–84, 95, 98, 153
Green, Paul 73, 74
Hello, Dolly! 124, 132
Green, Stanley 67
“Hello, Young Lovers” 58
Green Day 186
Henning, Doug 139
Green Grow the Lilacs 57
Henry, Buck 179
The Green Millionaire 14
Hepburn, Katharine 66
The Green Violinist 122
Her Own Way 162
Greene, Schuyler 54
Herald Square Theater 24
Grey, Jennifer 143
Hercules 166
Grey, Joel 142
Here Lies Jenny 189
Griffith, Melanie 78
Here’s Where I Belong 170
Grodner, Israel 8–9, 10, 15, 20
Herman, Jerry 123, 125, 132–133, 172, 187
Grossinger’s Hotel 111
Heyward, DuBose 63, 64
Group Theater 7, 71, 72–75
High and Low 130
Guare, John 157
High Anxiety 179
Guettel, Adam 62, 182
High Button Shoes 90, 104
Gunty, Morty 112
hippie 121, 138
Guys and Dolls 92, 104, 157
Hippodrome Theater 39
Gypsy 90, 108–109, 132, 168, 193
“A History of the Musical” (Kenrick) 38
212
Index
Hitler, Adolf 48, 70
Iskowitz, Israel see Cantor, Eddie
“The Hitmaker” (Gottlieb) 69
Isn’t It Romantic 154
Hoffman, Dustin 77
Israel 91, 123, 148
Holiday, Billie 101
“It Ain’t Necessarily So” 64
Holiday, Judy Turvin 107
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman 129, Hollywood 57, 68, 94, 102–103
136
Hollywood Canteen 85
“It’s a Small World After All” 165
Holofcener, Larry 120
Ivan the Terrible 162
Holtzman, Winnie 184
Home of the Brave 108
The Jackie Gleason Show 126
homosexuality 60, 91, 147, 149, 151, 152, 172
Jamaica 131
The Honeymoon Express 41
The Jazz Singer 44, 46
Honors at Dawn 97
Jeremiah 89, 90
Hoover, Edgar 96
Jersey Boys 180, 181
Hoover, Herbert 80
Jessel, George 44, 46
Horne, Lena 131
Jesus Christ Superstar 134
Houdini, Harry 38
Jewish American Society for Historic Preser-
The House of Blue Leaves 157
vation 48
The House of Connelly 73
Jewish American Theater 137
House Un-American Activities Committee
Jewish culture 7–8, 28–29, 70, 120, 121–122
(HUAC) 95–96, 97, 98, 100, 102–103
Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) 3–4
The Housewives of Mannheim 194
The Jewish Heart 21
“(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Win-
Jewish identity: pride in 90, 92, 145; strug-
dow?” 124
gle with 91; see also name changes
How to Marry a Millionaire 142
Jewish influence on Broadway 137, 176, 190,
How to Succeed in Business Without Really
195–196
Trying 104, 151
Jewish patriotism during World War II 53,
humor, Jewish 9, 70, 145; see also comedy
78–80, 85, 86, 92
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 139
Jewish theme in productions 125, 144, 154,
Hunter Resort 111
194
Huntington Theater 154
Jewtopia 194
Hurwitz, Moyshe 21
Joel, Billy 177
Johnny Johnson 74
I Can Get It for You Wholesale 123, 131–132
Johnson, Karen see Goldberg, Whoopie
I Do! I Do! 133
The Jolly Bachelors 35
I Feel Wonderful 132
Jolson, Al 36–37, 41–42, 44, 46, 64
“I Got Rhythm” 63
Jones, James Earl 146
“I Whistle a Happy Tune” 58
Jordan, Will 112
“I Wish I Were in Love Again” 60
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-
Ibsen, Henrik 19, 26
coat 134, 158
I’d Rather Be Right 68
Joseph Papp Children’s Humanitarian Fund
“If I Knew You Were Coming I’d’ve Baked a
147
Cake” 124
Juilliard School 106, 137, 139, 189, 193
I’ll Say She Is 43
Jumbo 61
I’m Getting My Act Together 147
The Jungle Book 165
immigration 7, 11, 15, 70, 144; see also assimilation of immigrants
Kaddish 90
Imperial Theater 127
Kahn, Madeline 155
In Abraham’s Bosom 73
Kalish, Bertha 19
In Trousers 169
Kander, John 140
Incident at Vichy 98
Kanin, Garson 107
Inglorious Basterds 194
Katrina 106
Inherit the Wind 115–116
Katz, Joel see Grey, Joel
interfaith marriage 45–46, 53, 122
Katz, Mickey 142
Into the Woods 168, 170, 186
Kaufman, George S. 52, 55, 65–69, 104
Ionesco, Eugene 100
Kaufman, Seymour see Coleman, Cy
213
Index
Kaye, Danny 69, 96, 111, 122
Lawrence, Jerome 115–116
Kazan, Elia 73, 75, 76, 95, 98
Lawrence, Mal Z. 114
Kazantzakis, Nikos 141
Lee, Gypsy Rose 109, 161
Keaton, Buster 38
Lee, Robert E. 115–116
Keitel, Harvey 78
Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute 76
Keller, Helen 38
Legally Blonde 177
Kelly, Gene 61
Legrand, Michael 170
Kenrick, John 38
Legs Diamond 158
Kern, Jerome 50, 52, 54–56, 57, 64
Leigh, Carolyn 112
Kessler, David 17, 20
Lend Me a Tenor 144, 157
Key Largo 142
Lennart, Isobel 124
The King and I 58, 90, 92, 105
Leopold, Isaiah Edwin see Wynn, Ed
King Lear 15, 17
Lerner, Alan Jay 105–106
Kingsley, Sidney 74, 84
Les Misérables 157, 159
Kiss of the Spider Woman 141
Let ’Em Eat Cake 67
Kisselgoff, Anna 91
“Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” 104
Kissing Jessica Stein 144
Let’s Face It 86
Kleban, Edward 139
Let’s Put On a Show (Lane) 117
Klein, Robert 111, 128
Letterman, David 160
Kline, Kevin 143, 146
Levin, Herman 105
Klinger, Jerry 48
Levinson, Barry 189
Klugman, Jack 132
Lewis, Jerry 111
Knickerbocker Holiday 87
Lewis, Robert 75
Koestler, Arthur 84
Liberty Heights 189
Kominsk, Daniel Kaye see Kaye, Danny
The Light in the Piazza 62, 183
Konigsberg, Allen Stewart see Allen, Woody
Lincoln Center Theater 157
Kook, Hillel 78
Lindburgh, Charles 48
Kosher Kitty Kelly 46
Linden, Hal 125
Kramer, Larry 147, 149–150
The Lion King 162, 163, 166–167
Kretzmer, Herbert 159
The Little Cherub 54
The Kreutzer Sonata 19
The Little Foxes 83, 95
Kubelsky, Jack see Benny, Jack
Little Girls in Blue 56
Kushner, Tony 150
Little Me 86, 112–113, 117, 126, 171, 189
The Little Mermaid 161, 163, 164
Lady Be Good 63
Little Shop of Horrors 157, 164
Lady in the Dark 69, 86, 87
Livingston, Mary 43
“The Lady Is a Tramp” 61
Livingston, Sigmund 48
La Guardia, Fiorello 80
Loesser, Frank 104, 105, 170
Lahr, Bert 63, 87
Loewe, Frederick “Fritz” 105–106
Lahrheim, Irving see Lahr, Bert
Logan, Joshua 131, 173
Lambert, Lisa 188
London, England 10–11
Lane, Nathan 144, 157, 177, 180, 182
Look Back in Anger 131
Lane, Stewart 171–175
Look Ma, I’m Dancing 90
language, English and Yiddish 4, 14, 22,
Loos, Anita 104
27–28, 70
Lopez, Robert 184
Lapine, James 168, 169–170, 189
Lorraine, Lillian 40
Larson, Jonathan 151
; Lost Boys 75
The Last Night of Ballyhoo 171
Lost in the Stars 87
Last of the Red Hot Lovers 127, 129
Lost in Yonkers 128
The Last Session 193
Love Is Just Around the Corner 140
Lateiner, Joseph 21
Love Life 87
Laughter on the 23rd Floor 128, 157
“Love Makes the World Go Round” 62
Laurents, Arthur 95, 108, 109, 172
Lower East Side, Manhattan 7, 11–12, 28, 34
Lavin, Linda 129, 155
Lunchtime Follies 85
Lawrence, D.H. 149
LuPone, Patti 157
Lawrence, Gertrude 58, 63, 69
Luther 132
214
Index
Luv 130
Melnick, Peter 62
Lyceum Theater 23
Men in White 74, 84
Lyric Theater 23, 43
Menken, Alan 163–165, 166
Menzel, Idina 183–184
MacGrath, Leueen 68
The Merchant 101
“Mack the Knife, Ballad of ” 87
The Merchant of Venice 16
MacKay, Clarance 53
The Merchant of Yonkers 133
MacKay, Ellin 53
Merman, Ethel 63, 109, 132, 133
Madama Butterfly 159
Merrick, David 130–134, 140, 187
Madame Butterfly 27
Merrill, Bob 123–124
Madison Square Garden 164
Merrily We Roll Along 168
The Magic Flute 167
Merton at the Movies 66
The Magic Show 139
method-acting 72, 76–77
Maguire, Gregory 183
Metropolitan Opera 62, 64, 183
Majestic Theater 131
Michaels, Marilyn 114
Make Mine Manhattan 87
Michener, James 58, 67
Maltby, Richard, Jr. 188
The Mickey Mouse Club 165
Mame 116, 133
Midler, Bette 122, 182
Mamet, David 153
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 150, 162
Mamloshen 168
Milk and Honey 123, 132
The Man Who Came to Dinner 68
Millennium Approaches 150
The Man Who Had All the Luck 97
Miller, Anne 66
Manhattan 181
Miller, Arthur 95, 96–99
Manhattan Murder Mystery 181
Miller, Glenn 66
Manhattan Opera House 25
Minnelli, Liza 140
Manhattan Theater Club 184, 188
Minsky, Billy 161
Mantalban, Ricardo 131
Minsky’s Burlesque 109, 161
Maples, Marla 174
Les Misérables 157, 159
March of the Falsettos 169
Miss Liberty 52, 90
Margulois, David Lee see Merrick, David
Miss Saigon 159
“Marie of Sunny Italy” 51
Mr. Wix of Wickham 54
Marquis Theater 185
Mr. Wonderful 120
Martin, Earnest 104
Mitchell, Julian 39
Martin, Mary 124, 133
Modern Orthodox 194
Martin, Ricky 166
Mogulesko, Sigmund 17
Martin Beck Theater 73, 123
Molina, Alfred 122
Marx, Groucho 79
Monica, Corbett 112
Marx, Harpo 65, 68, 79
Monroe, Marilyn 77, 99
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