New York's Yiddish theater : from the Bowery to Broadway

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Label

New York's Yiddish theater : from the Bowery to Broadway

Title remainder

from the Bowery to Broadway

Statement of responsibility

edited by Edna Nahshon

Title variation

From the Bowery to Broadway

Contributor

• Museum of the City of New York
• Nahshon, Edna

Editor

• Nahshon, Edna

Host institution

• Museum of the City of New York

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Art museums
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibitions
• History
• History
• Jewish theater
• Jewish theater -- History -- New York (State) -- Exhibitions. -- 20th century
• Jewish theater -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Jewish theater -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Museum of the City of New York
• Museum of the City of New York -- Art collections -- Exhibitions
• New York (State) -- New York
• Theater, Yiddish
• Theater, Yiddish -- History -- New York (State) -- Exhibitions. -- 20th century
• Theater, Yiddish -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Theater, Yiddish -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Théâtre juif -- New York (État) | New York -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Expositions
• Théâtre yiddish -- New York (État) | New York -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Expositions
• Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
• Yivo Institute for Jewish Research -- Art collections -- Exhibitions
• exhibition catalogs

Genre

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibitions
• Exhibitions.
• Expositions
• History
• exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition

Language

eng

Summary

"In the early decades of the twentieth century, a vibrant theatrical culture took shape on New York City's Lower East Side. Original dramas, comedies, musicals, and vaudeville, along with sophisticated productions of Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Chekhov, were innovatively staged for crowds that rivaled the scene on Broadway. While these productions were in Yiddish and catered to Eastern European Jewish audiences (the largest immigrant group in the city at the time), their artistic and aesthetic creations and their play with politics and history came to influence all facets of the American stage. Vividly illustrated and with contributions from leading historians and critics, this history recounts in absorbing detail the heyday of "Yiddish Broadway" and its vital contribution to American Jewish life and its crossover to the broader American culture. These performances grappled with Jewish nationalism, labor relations, women's rights, religious observance, acculturation, and assimilation. They reflected a range of genres, from tear-jerkers to experimental theater. The artists who came of age in this world include Stella Adler, Eddie Cantor, Jerry Lewis, Sophie Tucker, Mel Brooks, and Joan Rivers. The story of New York's Yiddish theater is a tale of creativity and legacy and of immigrants who, in the process of becoming Americans, had an enormous impact on the country's cultural and artistic development."--Back cover

Cataloging source

ERASA

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs