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ACT 3. Jacob Gordin: The Great Reformer
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents 1
- Director’s Foreword 7
- Overture: From the Bowery to Broadway 8
- ACT 1. Yiddish New York 50
- ACT 2. Popular Yiddish Theater: Music, Melodrama, and Operetta 64
- ACT 3. Jacob Gordin: The Great Reformer 84
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ACT4. Pathbreakers and Superstars
- Jacob P. Adler and the Formation of a Theatrical Dynasty 102
- Boris Thomashefsky: Matinee Idol of the Yiddish Stage 118
- Molly Picon: Darling of Second Avenue 128
- Intermission 140
- ACT 5. Maurice Schwartz and the Yiddish Art Theater Movement 150
- ACT 6. Yiddish Political Theater: The Artef 174
- ACT 7. Yiddish Theater and the Transformation of American Design 194
- ACT 8. Modicut: The Yiddish Puppet Theater of Yosl Cutler and Zuni Maud 222
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ACT 9. Yiddish Vaudeville
- Entertaining the Crowd 238
- Early Yiddish Vaudeville in New York City 248
- ACT 10. Borscht Belt Entertainment 256
- 11. Tevye’s Travels: From Yiddish Everyman to American Icon 276
- Finale: A Gallery of Stars of the American Yiddish Stage 304
- Editor’s Acknowledgments 314
- Contributors 315
- Endnotes 316
- Selected Bibliography 320
- Index 322
- Photography Credits 326
- Backmatter 328
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents 1
- Director’s Foreword 7
- Overture: From the Bowery to Broadway 8
- ACT 1. Yiddish New York 50
- ACT 2. Popular Yiddish Theater: Music, Melodrama, and Operetta 64
- ACT 3. Jacob Gordin: The Great Reformer 84
-
ACT4. Pathbreakers and Superstars
- Jacob P. Adler and the Formation of a Theatrical Dynasty 102
- Boris Thomashefsky: Matinee Idol of the Yiddish Stage 118
- Molly Picon: Darling of Second Avenue 128
- Intermission 140
- ACT 5. Maurice Schwartz and the Yiddish Art Theater Movement 150
- ACT 6. Yiddish Political Theater: The Artef 174
- ACT 7. Yiddish Theater and the Transformation of American Design 194
- ACT 8. Modicut: The Yiddish Puppet Theater of Yosl Cutler and Zuni Maud 222
-
ACT 9. Yiddish Vaudeville
- Entertaining the Crowd 238
- Early Yiddish Vaudeville in New York City 248
- ACT 10. Borscht Belt Entertainment 256
- 11. Tevye’s Travels: From Yiddish Everyman to American Icon 276
- Finale: A Gallery of Stars of the American Yiddish Stage 304
- Editor’s Acknowledgments 314
- Contributors 315
- Endnotes 316
- Selected Bibliography 320
- Index 322
- Photography Credits 326
- Backmatter 328