Re: Musicals/Jewish content

[Alex J. Lubet <lubet001...>]

Thanks for the kind words, Bob.  I'm hardly omnipotent and often stand in awe of
others' knowledge.  The list is blessed with many mavens.  I guess I'm thinking
of a fairly specific genre when I think of Broadway musicals, although I'd need
some time to define it.  Many shows mentioned just aren't under my radar.



Bob Wiener wrote:

> Fair enough.
>
> Let's add Bible Women to the list, although I don't know if it's ever been
> performed as a revue.  While Swados is on my mind there's her Haggadah and
> an Esther (with 6 selections from it on Bible Women).
>
> BTW, perhaps my tone wasn't quite on target.  What I meant was that if
> anyone on the list could come up with a list it would probably be you, Alex.
>
> It would probably be fun to put together the less obvious Jewish numbers
> from shows.  Maybe I'll work it up into a program some day.  (And even
> through in the Japanese Sunrise Sunset for good measure.)
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex J. Lubet" <lubet001 (at) umn(dot)edu>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Musicals/Jewish content
>
> > fair enough, it's still a whole lot less than the % of musicals written by
> Jews.
> >
> > Bob Wiener wrote:
> >
> > > Alex, I'm sure that if you sat for a short while you'd come up with a
> list
> > > of shows that have significant Jewish content (especially if we include
> > > those based on Hebrew Scriptures).
> > >
> > > Even leaving aside those that have an isolated song or 2 (Guys and
> Dolls,
> > > Porgy and Bess, Street Scene... many, many more), we've already had:
> Oliver,
> > > Rags, The Rothschilds and could add The Apple Tree, Fiddler (there are
> over
> > > 10 recordings in different languages), Joseph..., The Producers,
> Zulu....  I
> > > have hardly begun.  And that's not even mentioning movie musicals and
> > > recordings of shows that may not have been produced.  (Or recordings of
> > > musicals in Yiddish (e.g., G&S) or Hebrew that seem too far afield.)
> > >
> > > I imagine that some list members have done shows on this very theme.
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Alex J. Lubet" <lubet001 (at) umn(dot)edu>
> > > To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:18 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Musicals/Jewish content (was Oliver)
> > >
> > > > It's rather remarkable how few musicals have had Jewish content given
> > > > the Jewishness of so many of the creative forces.
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Alex Lubet, Ph. D.
> > Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music
> > Adjunct Professor of American and Jewish Studies
> > Head, Division Of Composition and Music Theory
> > University of Minnesota
> > 2106 4th St. S
> > Minneapolis, MN 55455
> > 612 624-7840 612 624-8001 (fax)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

--
Alex Lubet, Ph. D.
Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music
Adjunct Professor of American and Jewish Studies
Head, Division Of Composition and Music Theory
University of Minnesota
2106 4th St. S
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612 624-7840 612 624-8001 (fax)


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