Re: Musicals/Jewish content

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

Speaking of Joseph, I'm always annoyed at how absolutely goyish this 
musical is.  There is nothing Jewish in it, to my mind, apart from 
whence comes the story.

Lorele

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).
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>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
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>----- 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)
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>>It's rather remarkable how few musicals have had Jewish content given
>>the Jewishness of so many of the creative forces.
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