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001 2010051309
003 DLC
005 20111026161750.0
008 101206s2011 ncu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780786459179 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0786459174 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn668182929
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050 00 $aPN1590.J48$bL35 2011
082 00 $a791.089/924$222
100 1 $aLane, Stewart F.
245 10 $aJews on Broadway :$ban historical survey of performers, playwrights, composers, lyricists and producers /$cStewart F. Lane.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland,$cc2011.
300 $aix, 221 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"Jewish performers, composers, lyricists, directors, choreographers and producers have made an indelible mark on Broadway for more than a century. This historical volume captures the story of the Jewish emergence from immigrants in ghetto living conditions staging Yiddish Theater productions on New York's Lower East Side to their significant social and cultural impact on the stages of Broadway" --Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: setting the stage -- Immigration, Yiddish theater and building Broadway -- Part of the melting pot: from Vaudeville to Broadway -- The music of Broadway: classic composers, legendary lyricists -- Group theater, acting teachers and life during wartime -- From communism to the Catskills -- Jewish themes, legends and life in the 1960s and 1970s -- Young playwrights with a message, inflation, Disney and me -- The new millennium sees Broadway breakthroughs: veterans and newcomers -- Epilogue.
650 0 $aJews in the performing arts$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aJewish entertainers$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aJews in popular culture$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTheater$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aMusicals$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aBroadway (New York, N.Y.)