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

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by Stewart F. Lane


  Marx, Jeff 184

  A Moon for the Misbegotten 186

  Marx, Minnie 42

  Morath, Inge 99

  Marx Brothers 42–43, 66, 69

  Morgan, Harry 73

  Mary Poppins 163, 165

  Morgan, Henry 95

  Masked Ball 23

  Morgenthau, Henry, Jr. 80

  Mason, Jackie 111, 113

  Morris, Richard 185

  The Matchmaker 133

  Morse, Robert 134

  Mature, Victor 69

  Morton, Frederick 125

  May, Elaine 121, 129

  Moscow Art Theater 72, 77

  Maya 115

  Mostel, Samuel Joel see Mostel, Zero

  Mayer, Michael 185–186

  Mostel, Zero 95, 99–101, 111, 122, 193

  Maytime 24

  Mother Courage and Her Children 72, 150,

  Maza, Yacov Moshe see Mason, Jackie

  151

  McCarthy, Joseph 94, 98

  Mother Goose 162

  Me and My Gal 158

  Movietone News 135

  Medal of Merit 53

  Mulan 166

  Meet the People 87, 101

  Muni, Paul 28, 80, 115

  Megrue, Roi Cooper 17

  Music Box Revues 51

  215

  Index

  Music Box Theater 51, 67

  Noises Off 186

  Music College, Chicago 104

  The Normal Heart 147, 149

  Music in the Air 55, 57

  Northwestern University School of Music

  The Music Man 108, 186

  120

  musicals 49–50, 104–109, 137; see also indi-

  Norworth, Jack 35

  vidual composers and lyricists

  Mussolini, Benito 48

  Obie Award 169

  “My Coloring Book” 140

  The Odd Couple 127, 130, 182

  My Fair Lady 69, 105–106, 107, 155, 163

  The Odessa Beggar 15

  “My Favorite Things” 59

  Odets, Clifford: career 81–82, 95, 98, 136;

  “My Funny Valentine” 60, 61

  and Group Theater 73, 74, 75

  My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and

  Of Thee I Sing 63, 67

  I’m in Therapy 193

  An Officer and a Gentleman 187

  My Sister Eileen 104

  Oh, Boy! 55

  The Mystery of Edwin Drood 147

  “Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morn-

  ing” 51, 52

  name changes 40, 76, 92

  “Oh! How I Laugh When I Think How I

  National Theater 20

  Cried About You” 44

  Nazimova, Alla 26

  Oh Kay! 63

  Nazimova Theater 26

  “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” 57

  Nederlander, David 25

  Oklahoma! 57–58, 61

  Nederlander, James 25, 164, 171, 187, 189

  “Ol’ Man River” 55

  Nestroy, Johann 133

  Old Money 154

  Neuwirth, Bebe 143, 189–190

  Oleana 153

  New Amsterdam Theater 23, 51, 162, 184

  Oliver! 132

  New Dance League 90

  Olympia Theater 25

  New Faces of 1937 44

  On the Town 58, 88, 89

  New Faces of 1952 121, 179

  On Trial 82

  New Girl in Town 123

  On Your Toes 61, 158

  New Journeymen 181

  Once in a Lifetime 67

  New School for Social Research 77

  Once Upon a Mattress 182

  New Victory Theater 161

  One Touch of Venus 87

  New York City Ballet 90

  O’Neill, Eugene 123

  New York City Opera House 55, 182–183

  Oppenheim, Tom 77–78

  New York College of Music 54, 167

  Orbach, Jerry 143

  New York Drama Circle Critics’ Award 97

  Osbourne, Jane 131

  “New York, New York” 88, 141

  Oscar see Academy Awards

  New York Philharmonic 89

  Osterwald, Bibi 133

  New York Times 65

  Othello 162

  New York Tribune 65

  Our Heroine 58

  New York University 78, 99, 112, 163, 185,

  Outer Critics Circle Award 157

  187, 193

  Outrageous Fortune 157

  New Yorker magazine 69

  Over There 165

  Newfoundland Theater 150

  Oxford University 99

  Newman, Paul 77

  Newman, Phyllis 173

  Pacino, Al 77

  Nichols, Anne 45

  Paint Your Wagon 72, 106

  Nichols, Mike 129, 192

  The Pajama Game 105

  Nick and Nora 188

  Pal Joey 61

  A Night at the Opera 66

  Palace Theater 25, 44, 136, 174

  The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail 116

  Papirofsky, Joseph see Papp, Joseph

  Nine 155–156

  Papp, Joseph 139, 145–147, 159

  9/11 177–178

  Parade 171

  No, No, Nanette 56

  Paradise Lost 81

  No Siree! 65

  Park Avenue Synagogue 90

  No Strings 62

  Parker, Dorothy 65, 68

  216

  Index

  Partners Again 46

  Proof 188

  Passion 168, 170

  Public Theater 139, 146, 152

  Patinkin, Mandy 168

  Pulitzer Prize: Angels in America 150; A patriotism 53, 92

  Chorus Line 139; Death of a Salesman 97; The Patriots 84

  Fiorello! 121; Girl Crazy 63; Glengarry Glen

  “People” 104, 124

  Ross 153; The Heidi Chronicles 154; How to

  “People Will Say We’re in Love” 57

  Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

  People’s Art Theater, Beijing 98

  104; In Abraham’s Bosom 73; Men in White

  People’s Theater 20

  74, 84; Miller, Arthur 99; Of Thee I Sing

  Perestroika 150

  67; Oklahoma! 58; Rent 151; Rodgers and Perlman, S.J. 68

  Hammerstein 61; So Big 55; Street Scene

  Perry, Antoinette 92

  82; You Can’t Take It with You 68

  persecution, Jewish 3, 7, 10, 40

  puppetry 166

  Peschkowsky, Michael Igor see Nichols,

  Purim Shpiels 3

  Mike

  Pyekoon, Margaret see Picon, Molly

  Peter Pan 24, 89, 104

  Pygmalion 105

  Phantom of the Opera 157

  Philadelphia Theater Company 62

  The Queen of Basin Street 172

  Phillips, John 181

  Queens College 139

  Phillips, Michelle 181

  Photograph 169

  Rabe, David 147

  Picon, Molly 19, 34–35, 122, 123, 153

  Rabinowitz, Jerome Wilson see Robbins,

  Pidgeon, Walter 132

  Jerome

  “Pinko Playwright Weds Sex Goddess”

  racism 41, 55, 64, 119

  99

  Radner, Gilda 153

  Pins and Needles 123

  Rags 121, 137

  Pippin 138, 139, 184

  “Rags to Riches” 105

  Pirate Queen 159

  Raiders of the Lost Ark 161

  The Pirates of Penzance 147

  Rankin, John 103

  Play It Again, Sam 112, 152

  Raye, Martha 133

  playwrights see individual playwrights

  The Real Thing 186

  Plaza Suite 127, 130

  Reiner, Carl 79, 111, 121, 129, 179

  Pocahontas 139, 164

 
; Reizenstein, Elmer Leopold see Rice, Elmer

  Poitier, Sidney 64

  Rent 151, 184, 185

  politically incorrect vaudeville 32

  Republic Theater 23, 25, 27, 161, 162

  politics in theater 74, 79, 82

  Resurrection 16

  Poor Little Ritz Girl 60

  The Retributionists 194

  Porg y (Heyward) 63

  revivals 177

  Porg y and Bess 50, 63

  Reynolds, Debbie 171

  Porter, Cole 50

  “Rhapsody in Blue” 63

  Pound, Ezra 48

  Rhinoceros 100

  Power of Darkness 16

  “Rialto Rag” 62

  Present Arms 61

  Rice, Elmer 82–83

  Preston, Robert 133

  Rice, Tim 159

  The Price 98

  Rich, Frank 172

  Price, Vincent 79

  Richards, Marty 173

  Prince, Harold 100–101, 108, 121, 184

  Rickles, Don 111, 121

  The Prince of Eg ypt 139

  Riggs, Lynn 57

  The Princess Bride 183

  Rivers, Joan 153

  Princess Theater 55

  Riverside Shakespeare Company 147

  The Prisoner of Second Avenue 127, 130

  The Robber Bridegroom 170

  Processional 72

  Robbins, Jerome: career 90–91; as inform-

  The Producers 14, 86, 114, 177, 179, 180

  ant 100–101, 102; productions 58, 89, 101,

  producers see individual producers

  107–108, 121, 123–124

  Promenade Theater 138

  Roberta 56

  Promises, Promises 127, 133, 143, 152

  Roberts, Tony 134

  217

  Index

  Robin, Leo 104

  Seven Lively Arts 87

  Robinson, Edward G. 17, 95, 98

  1776 156, 186

  Robinson Crusoe, Jr. 41

  Sexual Perversity in Chicago 153

  Rodgers, Mary 182

  sexual revolution 121

  Rodgers, Richard: career 57, 59–62, 137;

  Shaiman, Marc 181–182

  family 182; productions 52, 68; see also

  Shakespeare in the Park 146, 151, 166

  Hammerstein, Oscar, II

  “Shall We Dance?” 58

  Rogers, Ginger 66, 133

  Shalom see Milk and Honey

  Rogers, Will 40

  Shaw, George Bernard 26

  Roman, Freddie 114

  She Stoops to Conquer 144

  Romberg, Sigmund 162

  Shear, Claudia 170

  Rome, Harold 123

  Sheen, Al 42, 43

  Ronstadt, Linda 146

  Sheen, Martin 78, 146

  Roosevelt, Eleanor 80

  Sheinkin, Rachel 188

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. 79, 80

  Shenendoah 23

  Rose-Marie 56

  Sherman, Al 165

  Ross, Jerry 105

  Sherman, Richard 165

  Roth, Daryl 187–188

  Sherman, Robert 165

  The Rothschilds 125

  Sherwood, Robert E. 65

  The Royal Family 55

  Shevelove, Burt 101

  Royal National Theater, London 150

  Shinbone Alley 179

  Rudner, Rita 153

  Shire, David 188

  Rumania and Yiddish Theater 8

  Shmendrik 9

  Russell, Rosalind 89

  Show Boat 50, 55, 57

  Russia and Yiddish Theater 8, 11

  Shrek 177

  Ruth, Babe 38

  Shubert, Jacob: career 24, 41–42, 49; the-

  Ryskind, Morrie 66

  aters 26, 39, 85

  Shubert, Lee: career 24, 41–42, 49; theaters

  Sabbath 11, 13, 122

  26, 39, 85

  “Sadie Salome, Go Home” 34, 51

  Shubert, Sam: career 24, 41–42, 49; theaters

  Sag Harbor 161

  26, 39, 85

  Sager, Carole Bayer 128

  Shubert Organization 24, 147

  St. James Theater 58, 186

  Shubert Theater 89, 132, 139

  Salem witch hunts 96–97

  Shue, Larry 157

  Salomé 19

  Side by Side with Sondheim 168

  Saluta! 44

  silent films 44

  Sandrow, Nahma 8, 9, 10, 12, 18, 22–23

  Silent Movie 179

  Saturday Night Fever 161

  Silverman, Sarah 153

  Satz, Ludwig 17

  Silvers, Phil 101, 104, 126

  Scandals 62–63

  Simon, Carly 168

  Scanlon, Dick 151, 185

  Simon, Danny 126

  Schisgal, Murray 130

  Simon, Neil 86, 112, 126–129, 130

  Schonberg, Bessie 90

  Simon, Paul 158

  Schönberg, Claude-Michel 159

  Sinatra, Frank 79, 167, 168, 177

  Schwartz, Jerome Lawrence see Lawrence,

  Sinbad 41

  Jerome

  Singer, Isaac Bashevis 125

  Schwartz, Stephen Lawrence 137–139, 183

  The Singing Rabbi 14

  Scopes Monkey Trial 115

  The Sisters Rosensweig 154

  Scott, George C. 146

  Six Degrees of Separation 157

  Second Avenue Theater 20

  Slattery, Mary 99

  “Second Hand Rose” 40

  Sleeper 181

  The Secret Garden 159, 168, 186

  Sleeping Beauty 162

  Seinfeld 28, 120

  Smith, Kate 52

  Select Theaters 49

  Smith College 156

  Sergeant Bilko 126

  “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” 56

  Sesame Street 185

  Smokey Joe’s Café 157

  218

  Index

  Snow White 162

  Sweet Adeline 57

  So Big 55

  Sweet Bird of Youth 72

  Solomon, Steve 193

  Sweet Chariot 158

  “Some Enchanted Evening” 58

  Sweet Charity 127, 167, 189

  Some Like It Hot 134

  Something for the Boys 86

  Table Settings 169

  Sondheim, Stephen: personal 67; produc-

  Take Me Along 121, 132

  tions 100, 108, 109, 168, 170

  Take Me Out 187

  The Sound of Music 59, 109, 119, 132, 163

  Take the Money and Run 139

  South Pacific 58, 92

  Taking It on the Road 147

  Soviet Union and the Cold War 94, 95

  The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife 187, 188

  Spamalot 130, 190–192

  Tales of the South Pacific 58

  Speed the Plow 153

  Talk of New York 33

  Spencer, David 164–165

  Tarzan 166

  Spencer, Elizabeth 183

  Taymor, Julie 166

  Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark 167

  Tchin-Tchin 132

  Spingarn, Joel 80

  teachers of acting 76–78

  Spring Awakening 186

  television specials 141

  Stage Door 66

  The Tempest 150

  Stage Door Canteen 85

  Tesori, Jeanine 150–151, 185

  Stanislavski, Constantin 72, 77

  Tevye and His Daughters (Aleichem) 121

  A Star Is Born 64

  Thalia Theater 20

  The Star-Spangled Girl 127

  theater: as education 3, 4, 8; as meeting

  Starlight Express 158

  place and forum 17–18, 49, 82; as preser-

  “Steam Heat” 105

  vation of culture 7, 30, 120

  Stein, Gertrude 169

  Theater for a New Audience 147
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  Stein, Joseph 121, 125

  Theater Guild 72

  Stella Adler Conservatory 77

  Theater Guild Award 97

  Stella Adler Studio of Acting 77; see also

  theaters see Broadway; individual theaters

  Adler, Stella

  Theatre Republic 27, 161; see also Republic

  stereotypes, Jewish: on Broadway 45, 46,

  Theater

  113, 119; in vaudeville 32, 35–36

  “There’s No Business Like Show Business”

  Stock Market crash 48, 53, 65

  52

  Stone, Peter 156, 173

  They Should Have Stood in Bed 101

  Stop the World — I Want to Get Off 132, 142

  They’re Playing Our Song 114, 128, 133, 139

  Storm, Howie 112

  This Is the Army 52, 86

  Strasberg, Lee 28, 60, 72, 76–77, 115

  This One Man 115

  Strasberg, Paula 115

  Thomashefsky, Bessie Baumfeld-Kaufman

  Strasberg, Susan 114–115

  18–19

  Strasberg Method 76–77

  Thomashefsky, Boris 8, 12–15, 17, 20, 110–111

  Streep, Meryl 146

  Thomashefsky, Fanny 19

  Street Scene 82, 87

  Thomashefsky, Michael 19

  A Streetcar Named Desire 75

  Thoroughly Modern Millie 151, 177, 185

  Streisand, Barbra 123–125, 131, 140

  Threepenny Opera 87, 105

  Strike Up the Band 63, 66

  ticket prices 20, 158, 177

  Strouse, Charles 134–137, 142

  Tick.Tick.BOOM! 151

  Styne, Jule 104, 107, 109, 123–124, 134

  Till the Day I Die 81–82

  Subways Are for Sleeping 89, 131, 151–152

  Tilson Thomas, Michael 18, 22

  Sugar 124, 134

  Time Remembered 115

  “Summertime” 64

  Times Square 23, 25, 160

  Sunday in the Park with George 168–169,

  Tin Pan Alley 28, 50, 62, 164, 165

  170, 172

  Tip Toes 63

  Sunny 57

  Titanic 156

  The Sunshine Boys 127, 129

  To the Ladies 66

  “Swanee” 62

  “Tomorrow” 137

  Sweeney Todd 108, 168

  The Tonight Show 181

  219

  Index

  Tony Awards 92, 145; All My Sons 97; Ap-

  Uhry, Alfred 170–171

  plause 136, 142; Avenue Q 185; Awake and Unce Upon a Mattress 102

  Sing! 74; Bells Are Ringing 107; Bloomgar-Uncle Tom’s Cabin 14, 19, 35

  den, Kermit 115; Broadway Bound 129; Bye

  Under Fire 17

  Bye Birdie 136; Cabaret 140, 142; La Cage United Service Organization (USO) 86

  Aux Folles 172; Chapter Two 128; Chicago University of Miami 132

  141; A Chorus Line 139, 152; City of Angels Up in One 182

  166, 168; Crazy for You 158; The Crucible Upper East Side, Manhattan 67

  98, 115; Death of a Salesman 115; The Diary of Anne Frank 115; The Drowsy Chaperone

  Vagabond Stars, a World of Yiddish Theater

  188; Evita 168; Falsettos 169–170; Fiddler (Sandrow) 8

  on the Roof 121, 122; Fiorello! 121; A Funny Vallee, Rudee 63

  Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

  Van Dyke, Dick 136

  101; Guys and Dolls 104, 157; Hairspray

  vaudeville 26, 30–31, 32, 33–38, 87; see

 

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