Jews on Broadway: An Historical Survey of Performers, Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Producers, 2d ed.

by Stewart F. Lane

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.

252 pages, Paperback

First published February 24, 2011

Reviews

[Jonas Schwartz-Owen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wow. The amount of historical errors are tremendous. It appears no one edited his book. He gave song titles to the wrong composers, misspelled artists several times and at one point lists the wrong year for a play that HE produced. As a broadway insider with several Broadway shows and the founding of BroadwayHD he really should have done better.