Jews on Broadway: An Historical Survey of Performers, Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Producers (37 page)
Authors: Stewart F. Lane
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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
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
