Re: Musicals/Jewish content

[Bob Wiener <wiener...>]

Well, there is the Prince of Egypt movie musical that has some Jewish music
connection in addition to the story.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lori Cahan-Simon" <l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: Musicals/Jewish content


> 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).
> >
> >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.



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