- ANNIE, Martin Charnin (w) and Charles
Strouse
(m)
- ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, Irving Berlin
(w&m)
- APPLAUSE, Lee Adams
(w) and
Charles Strouse (m)
- AS THOUSANDS CHEER, Irving Berlin
(w&m)
- BABES IN ARMS, Lorenz Hart (w) and
Richard
Rodgers
(m)
- BARNUM, Michael Stewart
(w)
and Cy
Coleman (m)
- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Howard Ashman
(w)
and Alan
Menken (m)
- BELLS ARE RINGING, Betty Comden/Adolph
Green (w)
and Jule Styne (m)
- THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE, Lorenz Hart
(w)
and Richard
Rodgers (m)
- BRIGADOON, Alan Jay Lerner (w) and
Frederick Loewe*
(m)
- BYE BYE BIRDIE, Lee Adams
(w) and
Charles Strouse (m)
- CABARET, Fred Ebb (w) and John Kander
(m)
- CAMELOT, Alan Jay Lerner (w) and
Frederick
Loewe*
(m)
- CANDIDE, Stephen Sondheim (w) and
Leonard
Bernstein
(m) [lyrics also by Richard Wilbur (non-Jewish)]
- CARNIVAL!, Bob
Merrill (w&m)
- CAROUSEL, Oscar Hammerstein II* (w)
and
Richard
Rodgers (m)
- CHICAGO, Fred Ebb (w) and John Kander
(m)
- A CHORUS LINE, Edward Kleban (w) and
Marvin Hamlisch
(m)
- CITY OF ANGELS, David Zippel (w) and
Cy
Coleman
(m)
- COMPANY, Stephen Sondheim (w&m)
- A CONNECTICUT YANKEE, Lorenz Hart (w)
and Richard Rodgers (m)
- CRAZY FOR YOU, Ira Gershwin (w) and
George
Gershwin
(m)
- DAMN YANKEES, Richard Adler and
Jerry Ross
(w&m)
- THE DESERT SONG, Oscar Hammerstein II*/Otto
Harbach 1/Frank Mandel 2 (w) and Sigmund Romberg (m)
- DO I HEAR A WALTZ?, Stephen Sondheim
(w)
and Richard
Rodgers (m)
- DREAMGIRLS, Henry Krieger (m)
- FALSETTOS, William Finn (w&m)
- FAME, Jacques Levy (w) and Steve
Margoshes
(m)
- FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Sheldon Harnick
(w)
and Jerry
Bock (m)
- FINIAN'S RAINBOW, E. Y. Harburg (w)
and
Burton
Lane (m)
- FIORELLO, Sheldon Harnick
(w)
and Jerry
Bock (m)
- FLOWER DRUM SONG, Oscar Hammerstein II*
(w)
and
Richard Rodgers (m)
- FOLLIES, Stephen Sondheim (w&m)
- 42ND STREET, Al Dubin (w) [music
by
Harry
Warren (non-Jewish)]
- FUNNY GIRL, Bob Merrill (w) and Jule
Styne
(m)
- A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO
THE
FORUM,
Stephen Sondheim (w&m)
- GIGI, Alan Jay Lerner (w) and
Frederick
Loewe*
(m)
- GODSPELL, Stephen Schwartz (w&m)
- THE GOODBYE GIRL, David Zippel (w) and
Marvin
Hamlisch (m)
- GUYS AND DOLLS, Frank Loesser (w&m)
- GYPSY, Stephen Sondheim (w) and Jule
Styne
(m)
- HELLO, DOLLY, Jerry Herman (w&m)
- HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT
REALLY
TRYING,
Frank Loesser (w&m)
- I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE, Harold
Rome (w&m)
- JEKYLL AND HYDE, Frank Wildhorn
(m)
- THE KING AND I, Oscar Hammerstein II*
(w)
and Richard
Rodgers (m)
- KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, Fred Ebb (w)
and
John
Kander (m)
- LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, Jerry Herman
(w&m)
- LADY, BE GOOD!, Ira Gershwin (w) and
George Gershwin
(m)
- LES MISERABLES, Alain Boublil 3/Herbert
Kretzmer (w) and Claude-Michel Schönberg 3
(m)
- A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Stephen Sondheim
(w&m)
- LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Howard Ashman
(w)
and
Alan Menken (m)
- LOST IN THE STARS, Kurt Weill
(m)
[lyrics
by Maxwell Anderson (non-Jewish)]
- MAME, Jerry Herman (w&m)
- MAN OF LA MANCHA, Joe Darion 4 (w)
and Mitch Leigh 5 (m)
- MARTIN GUERRE, Alain Boublil 3
(w)
and Claude-Michel Schönberg 3
(m)
- MARY POPPINS, Richard and Robert
Sherman
(w&m)
- MILK AND HONEY, Jerry Herman (w&m)
- MISS SAIGON, Alain Boublil 3
(w) and
Claude-Michel Schönberg
3
(m)
- THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, Frank Loesser
(w&m)
- MY FAIR LADY, Alan Jay Lerner (w) and
Frederick
Loewe* (m)
- OKLAHOMA!, Oscar Hammerstein II* (w)
and
Richard
Rodgers (m)
- OH, KAY!, Ira Gershwin (w) and
George Gershwin
(m)
- OF THEE I SING, Ira Gershwin (w)
and
George
Gershwin (m)
- OLIVER!, Lionel Bart (w&m)
- ON THE TOWN, Betty Comden/Adolph Green
(w)
and
Leonard Bernstein (m)
- ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Betty
Comden/Adolph Green
(w)
and Cy Coleman (m)
- ON YOUR TOES, Lorenz Hart (w) and
Richard
Rodgers
(m)
- PAJAMA GAME, Richard Adler and Jerry
Ross
(w&m)
- PAL JOEY, Lorenz Hart (w) and Richard
Rodgers
(m)
- PAINT YOUR WAGON, Alan Jay Lerner (w)
and
Frederick
Loewe* (m)
- PETER PAN, Betty Comden/Adolph
Green/Carolyn Leigh
(w) and Mark Charlap/Jule Styne (m)
- PIPPIN, Stephen Schwartz (w&m)
- PORGY AND BESS, Ira Gershwin (w) and
George Gershwin
(m) [lyrics also by Du Bose Heyward (non-Jewish)]
- THE PRODUCERS, Mel Brooks (w&m)
- PROMISES, PROMISES, Hal David (w) and
Burt
Bacharach
(m)
- PURLIE, Peter Udell (w) and Gary Geld (m)
- RAGTIME, Lynn Ahrens (w) [music by
Stephen
Flaherty
(non-Jewish)]
- RENT, Jonathan Larson
(w&m)
- 1776, Sherman Edwards
(w&m)
- SHENANDOAH, Peter Udell (w) and Gary
Geld (m)
- SHOW BOAT, Oscar Hammerstein II* (w)
and
Jerome
Kern (m)
- THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Oscar Hammerstein
II*
(w)
and Richard Rodgers (m)
- SOUTH PACIFIC, Oscar Hammerstein II*
(w)
and Richard
Rodgers (m)
- STATE FAIR, Oscar Hammerstein II* (w)
and
Richard
Rodgers (m)
- STRIKE UP THE BAND, Ira Gershwin
(w)
and
George Gershwin (m)
- SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE,
Stephen
Sondheim
(w&m)
- SUNSET BOULEVARD, Don Black 3
(w) [lyrics
also by Christopher Hampton (non-Jewish) and music by Andrew Lloyd
Webber
(non-Jewish)]
- SWEENEY TODD, Stephen Sondheim
(w&m)
- SWEET CHARITY, Dorothy Fields (w) and
Cy
Coleman
(m)
- THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG, Carole Bayer
Sager (w)
and Marvin Hamlisch (m)
- THREEPENNY OPERA, Kurt Weill (m) [play
and lyrics
by Bertolt Brecht (non-Jewish)]
- TITANIC, Maury Yeston (w&m)
- UP IN CENTRAL PARK, Dorothy Fields (w)
and
Sigmund
Romberg (m)
- WEST SIDE STORY, Stephen Sondheim (w)
and
Leonard
Bernstein (m)
- THE WIZARD OF OZ, E. Y. Harburg (w)
and
Harold
Arlen (m)
- WONDERFUL TOWN, Betty Comden/Adolph
Green
(w)
and
Leonard Bernstein (m)
- ZORBA, Fred Ebb (w) and John Kander
(m)
NOTES
1. See "Sultans of Song,
Part II," by Paul Zollo in Reform
Judaism Magazine, Spring 2003 (third to last paragraph of
section on Jerome Kern): http://reformjudaismmag.net/03spring/sultan.shtml. Zollo's statement concerning
Otto Harbach may, however, be incorrect.
2. See The
Concise
Dictionary
of American Jewish Biography: Volume Two, edited by Jacob Rader
Marcus
and Judith M. Daniels (Carlson Publishing, Brooklyn, NY, 1994, p. 412).
3. See Broadway
Babies
Say
Goodnight: Musicals Then and Now, by Mark Steyn (Routledge, NY,
1999,
p. 87).
4. See biography in
Marquis Who's Who in America.
5. Born Irwin
Michnick.
* Oscar Hammerstein II
and Frederick Loewe had Jewish fathers.
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