Jews on Broadway: An Historical Survey of Performers, Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Producers

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by Stewart F. Lane


  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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