Jews on Broadway

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Jews on Broadway

Author	: Stewart F. Lane
File Size	: 42,7 Mb
Publisher	: McFarland
Language	: English
Release Date	: 26 April 2017
ISBN	: 9781476628776
Pages	: 252 pages

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Jews on Broadway by Stewart F. Lane Book PDF Summary

Fanny Brice, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Barbra Streisand, Alan Menken, Stephen Sondheim—Jewish performers, composers, lyricists, directors, choreographers and producers have made an indelible mark on Broadway for more than a century. Award-winning producer Stewart F. Lane chronicles the emergence of Jewish American theater, from immigrants producing Yiddish plays in the ghettos of New York’s Lower East Side to legendary performers staging massive shows on Broadway. In its expanded second edition, this historical survey includes new information and photographs, along with insights and anecdotes from a life in the theater.

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