Jews on Broadway: An Historical Survey of Performers, Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Producers (34 page)
Authors: Stewart F. Lane
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Further Reading
Jacob Adler:
Jacob Adler: A Life on the Stage — A Memoir
by Jacob Adler and Lulla Rosenfeld.
Stella Adler:
Stella Adler on the Art and Technique of Acting
by Howard Kissel.
The Art of Acting by Stella Adler
.
Woody Allen:
Woody Allen on Woody Allen: In Conversation with Stig Bjorkman
by Woody Allen with Stig Bjorkman.
Irving Berlin:
As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin
by Laurence Bergreen.
Irving Berlin: Songs from the Melting Pot
by Charles Hamm.
Leonard Bernstein:
Leonard Bernstein: American Original
by Burton Bernstein and Barbara Haws.
Leonard Bernstein: The Political Life of an American Musician
by Barry Seldes.
Boublil and Schonberg:
The Musical World of Boublil and Schonberg: The Creators of Les Miserables, Miss
Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen
by Margaret Vermette.
Fanny Brice:
Funny Woman: The Life and Times of Fanny Brice
by Barbara W. Grossman.
Fanny Brice: The Original Funny Girl
by Herbert G. Goldman.
Mel Brooks:
It’s Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
by James Robert Parish.
Eddie Cantor:
Eddie Cantor: A Life in Show Business
by Gregory Koseluk.
George Gershwin:
George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait
by Walter Rimler.
George Gershwin: A New Biography
by William G. Hyland.
Fascinating Rhythm: The Collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin
by Deena Ruth Rosenberg.
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Further Reading
Ira Gershwin:
Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist
by Philip Furia.
Jacob Gordin:
Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy of Jacob Gordin
by Beth Kaplan.
Oscar Hammerstein II:
Getting To Know Him: A Biography of Oscar Hammerstein II
by Hugh Fordin.
The Wordsmiths: Oscar Hammerstein II and Alan Jay Lerner
by Stephen Citron.
Moss Hart:
Act One: An Autobiography
by Moss Hart.
Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart
by Steven Bach.
Lillian Hellman:
An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir
by Lillian Hellman and Wendy Wasserstein.
Conversations with Lillian Hellman
(Literary Conversations Series) by Lillian Hellman.
Al Jolson:
Al Jolson: A Bio-Bibliography
by James Fisher.
Al Jolson, You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet!
by Robert Oberfirst.
Jolson: The Legend Comes to Life
by Herbert G. Goldman.
George S. Kaufman:
George S. Kaufman: An Intimate Portrait by Howard Teichmann
.
Jerome Kern:
Jerome Kern
by Stephen Banfield.
Jerome Kern: His Life and Music
[Paperback] by Gerald Bordman.
Tony Kushner:
The Theater of Tony Kushner: Living Past Hope
by James Fisher.
Understanding Tony Kushner
by James Fisher.
Lerner and Loewe:
The Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe by Gene Lees.
David Merrick:
David Merrick: The Abominable Showman
by Howard Kissel.
Arthur Miller:
Arthur Miller
by Christopher Bigsby.
Arthur Miller: His Life and His Work
by Martin Gottfried.
Miller in an Hour
by James Fisher.
Conversations with Miller
by Mel Gussow.
Zero Mostel:
Zero Dances: A Biography
by Arthur Sainer.
Zero Mostel: A Biography
by Jared Brown.
Clifford Odets:
Clifford Odets: American Playwright: The Years from 1906 to 1940
by Margaret Bren-man-Gibson.
Joseph Papp:
Joe Papp: An American Life
by Helen Epstein.
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Further Reading
Jerome Robbins:
Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Teacher, His Dance
by Deborah Jowitt.
Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins
by Amanda Vaill.
Richard Rodgers:
Richard Rodgers, Musical Stages: An Autobiography
.
The Richard Rodgers Reader
by Geoffrey Block.
Rodgers and Hammerstein:
Rodgers & Hammerstein
by Ethan Mordden.
The Sound of Music: The Story of Rodgers and Hammerstein
by Frederick Nolan, Oscar Hammerstein, and Richard Rodgers.
Stephen Schwartz:
Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked
by Carol de Giere.
Neil Simon:
Play Goes On: A Memoir
by Neil Simon.
Stephen Sondheim:
Art Isn’t Easy: The Theater of Stephen Sondheim
by Joanne Gordon.
Lee Strasberg:
A Dream of Passion
by Lee Strasberg.
The Lee Strasberg Notes
by Lola Cohen.
Barbra Streisand:
The Importance of Being Barbra: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career of Barbra Streisand,
by Tom Santopietro.
Charles Strouse:
Put on a Happy Face: A Broadway Memoir
by Charles Strouse.
Wendy Wasserstein:
Wendy Wasserstein: A Casebook
by Claudia Barnett
.
Miscellaneous:
Are You Now or Have You Been: The Investigation of Show Business by the Un-American
Activities Committee 1947–1958
by Eric Bentley.
Broadway: The American Musical
by Michael Kantor and Laurence Maslon.
Broadway and the Blacklist
by Lillian Hellman Scoundrel Time.
Broadway Musicals Show by Show
by Stanley Green.
Coming Up Roses: The Broadway Musical in the 1950s
by Ethan Mordden.
Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim
by Geoffrey Block.
Making Americans: Jews and the Broadway Musical
by Andrea Most.
The Musical: A Look at the American Musical Theater
by Richard Kislan.
