Transposing Broadway: Jews, assimilation, and the American musical

Hecht examines the relationship between Jewish assimilation and the changing face of the American musical though the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century. STUART J. HECHT Associate Professor and Chair of Theatre and affiliated faculty of Jewish Studies at Boston College, USA. INDICE: Introduction: Broadway as a Cultural Ellis Island - Hello, YoungLovers: Assimilation and Dramatic Configurations - The Melting Pot Paradigmof Irving Berlin - How to Succeed - Cinderellas - Turns of the Century:Dreams of Progress, Dreams of Loss - Fiddler's Children - Epilogue: Loveable Monsters -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-11327-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 25/11/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés