Jews on Broadway: An Historical Survey of Performers, Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Producers (36 page)

“Don’t Rain on My Parade” 104

field) 99

Dorsey, Jimmy 66

Curb Your Enthusiasm
180

Doubt
187

curtain speech 9

Drama Workshop 77

Curtains
188

Dreamgirls
152

Cy Coleman Trio
167

Dreyfuss, Richard 146

Cyrano
143

Driving Miss Daisy
170

Cyrano de Bergerac
26

The Drowsy Chaperone
188

Czar Alexander II 10

Duck Variations
153

Czar Alexander III 10

“Dueling Banjos” 181

Dulcy
66

The Daily Worker
96

The Duplex 112

Damn Yankees
105, 143, 189

Durante, Jimmy 36, 61

dance
see
individual dancers and choreogra-

phers

Earl Carroll Vanities
44

“Dance of the Seven Veils” 34

East Lynn
14

Dark Passage
142

Easter Parade
53

Darkness at Noon
84

Eastman Conservatory 135

Dartmouth College 156

Ebb, Fred 140

Daryl Roth Theater 188

The Ed Sullivan Show
31, 107, 113

David, Hal 127

“Edelweiss” 59

David, Larry 180

education, theater as 3, 4

Davis, Bette 83, 85

8½

155

Davis, Sammy, Jr. 64, 136

Eisner, Michael 160, 162

Dawn O’Hara
55

Electra
186

“Day by Day” 138

The Elephant Man
179

Dean, James 77

Elisa Ben Avia
77

The Dearborn Independent
48

Elise, Rick 181

Death of a Salesman
97–98, 115

Ellis Island 7, 11

Delacorte Theater 146

Emmy Awards 61, 178, 189

De La Guarda
188

Empire Theater 23

Deliverance
181

An English Daisy
54

De Niro, Robert 78

English language in theater 4, 14, 16, 27–28,

The Depression 48, 71

70

210

Index

Enter Laughing
121

44th Street Theater 85

Ethel Barrymore Theater 87

The Forty-Niners
65

ethnic tolerance, Broadway influencing 45

42nd Street
134

Eugene O’Neill Theater 125, 127

42nd Street and Broadway 85, 91, 160

Eugene trilogy 128

Fosse, Bob 112, 138, 141, 173

An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine

Foster, Sutton 186

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