Jews on Broadway: An Historical Survey of Performers, Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Producers (37 page)

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