Broadway's Most Wanted (29 page)

Fiddler
was produced by Hal Prince, staged by Jerome Robbins, with score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick and book by Joseph Stein. It starred Zero Mostel. Mercy! But as brilliantly crafted a show as it is, Tevye and his daughters ran forever for two big reasons. One reason was the success with the theater
party business, which caters to large ticket-buying groups, many of which are Jewish and play right into the hands of a Jewish-themed show like
Fiddler
. The other, larger reason was the warm-hearted universality of the show, which was embodied by its magnificent opening number, “Tradition,” which placed the Russian-Jewish village of Anatevka firmly in the Neighborhood of Man. Such loving care assured that the show would play in Oslo, Tokyo, and Buenos Aires as well as Broadway’s Imperial Theater.

Abbott, George:
The Boys from Syracuse
,
65
,
175
;
Damn Yankees
,
46
;
Music Is
,
179
;
Pal Joey
,
268
;
Where’s Charley
,
185
–86;
On Your Toes
,
217

actors, who write,
219
–22

Adams, Edith,
26

Adams, Lee,
27
,
50

Adler, Richard,
45
,
179

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother
,
261
–62

Agron, Salvador,
103

Ahrens, Lynn,
39
,
243

Aida: The Musical
,
69
–70

Ain’t Misbehavin
’,
194
,
215

Aldredge, Tom,
75

Aleichem, Sholom,
172

Alexander, Cheryl,
101

Alexander, Jason,
225

Allegro
,
265

Allen, Debbie,
227

Allen, Jonelle,
176

Allen, Peter,
103

All My Children
,
75

All That Jazz
,
93
–94

Amadeus
,
93

Amsterdam, Morey,
74

Andersen, Hans Christian,
242

Anderson, Maxwell,
127
,
150
–51,
169

Andersson, Benny,
7
–8,
48
,
149
–50

Andreas, Christine,
216

Andrews, Julie,
108
–9,
114
,
237
,
279

Andy Capp
,
29

animals, musicals about,
240
–45

Animaniacs
,
257
–58

Annie
,
24
,
112
–13,
165

Annie Get Your Gun
,
49

Ann-Margret,
115
–16

Antoinette Perry Award,
1
–6

Anything Goes
,
57
–58,
160
–61

Apolinar, Danny,
211

Applause
,
167

Arden, Leslie,
66

Aristophanes,
159

Arlen, Harold,
88

Armitage, Richard,
53
,
214

Arnaz, Desi,
46
,
205

Arnaz, Lucie,
205

Aronson, Boris,
111
,
266
,
273

art forms, other, musicals on,
196
–200

Ashman, Howard,
51
,
102
,
121

Assassins
,
102

Astaire, Fred,
92

Atkinson, Rowan,
258

Audley, Eleanor,
260

Avenue Q
,
209
–10

Ayers, Lem,
40

Azito, Tony,
53

Babenco, Hector,
208

Babes on Broadway
,
94

Baby
,
194

Bacall, Lauren,
140

Bach, Sebastian,
136
–37

Bacharach, Burt,
81

back stage: movies,
91
–94; personnel,
31
–37

Bacon, Lloyd,
92

Bailey, Pearl,
88

Baker Street
,
67
–68

Bakshi, Ralph,
30

Ball, Lucille,
111
,
130
,
205

The Ballad of Little Jo
,
191

Ballard, Kaye,
90

Banderas, Antonio,
143

The Band Wagon
,
92
–93

Barnum
,
196

Barrie, J. M.,
205

Bart, Lionel,
166

Bart, Roger,
2

Bates, Kathy,
165

Battle, Hinton,
259

Beach, Gary,
188

Beatlemania
,
182
–83

Beatles,
148

The Beautiful Game
,
46

Bee Gees,
154

Bell, David H.,
28

Bells Are Ringing
,
118

Benedict, Paul,
263

Bennett, Michael,
5
–6,
34
;
A Chorus Line
,
270
–71,
275
–76;
Company
,
266
;
Dreamgirls
,
197
;
Scandal
,
248

Benton, Robert,
27

Bergmann, Ingmar,
246

Berkeley, Busby,
92
,
94

Berle, Milton,
254

Berlin, Irving,
49
,
97

Bernstein, Leonard,
38
,
54
,
83
,
171
,
174

Besoyan, Rick,
218

The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
,
79
–80

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
,
132
–33,
247

Bettelheim, Bruno,
21

Big
,
40
–41

big business, musicals about,
76
–82

Big River
,
10
,
161

Billy
,
160

Bjornson, Maria,
68
,
276

Blake, Eubie,
269

Blazer, Judy,
106

Blitzstein, Marc,
58
,
88
–89,
92
,
147

Bobbie, Walter,
222

Bock, Jerry,
16
,
79
,
98
,
123
,
253
,
279

Bolger, Ray,
185

Bosley, Tom,
123
,
144

Boublil, Alain,
66

Bourne, Matthew,
229

The Boys from Syracuse
,
65
,
175

Bracken, Eddie,
46
,
245

Bramble, Mark,
98
,
196

Bravo, Luis,
229

Braxton, Toni,
135

Brecht, Bertolt,
58
,
147
–48

Brennan, Eileen,
218

Breuer, Lee,
168

Brice, Fanny,
119

Bricusse, Leslie,
67
,
136
,
141
,
237

Bridge, Andrew,
68

Brigadoon
,
23
,
172

Brightman, Sarah,
68

Bring Back Birdie
,
181

Bring in ’da Noise Bring in ’da Funk
,
230
–31

Brittan, Robert,
96

Broderick, James,
205

Broderick, Matthew,
2
,
74
,
205

Brook, Peter,
190

Brooks, Mel,
94
,
156
,
188
,
245

Brown, Jason Robert,
106
,
195

Brynner, Yul,
63
,
119
–20

Buchanan, Jack,
93

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
,
259

Bufman, Zev,
239

Bullmoose, General,
166

Burgess, Anthony,
60

Burke, Johnny,
149

Burnett, Carol,
112
–14,
165

Burr, Charles,
157

Burrows, Abe,
41
,
76

Burton, Kate,
203

Burton, Richard,
203

Butler, Michael,
214

Butz, Norbert Leo,
105

Bye Bye Birdie
,
115
–16

Cabaret
,
55
–56,
117
–18,
272
–73

Cabin in the Sky
,
170

Caird, John,
276

Camelot
,
165
–66

Candide
,
54
,
83
–84

Candy, John,
261

The Capeman
,
9
,
103

Capote, Truman,
88

Capp, Al,
166

Carlton, Bob,
177

Carmines, Al,
211
–12

Carnelia, Craig,
43
,
195

Carnival in Flanders
,
149

Carousel
,
151
–52

Carroll, David,
244

Carroll, David-James,
65

Carroll, Diahann,
266

Carson, Johnny,
149

Carter, Nell,
165
,
215

Carver, Brent,
208

Carvey, Dana,
72

Cascio, Anna Theresa,
66

Casey, Warren,
278

Casper, the Musical
,
27
–28

Cassidy, David,
50
,
200

Cassidy, Jack,
27
,
200

Cassidy, Patrick,
200

Cassidy, Shaun,
200

cast albums,
83
–90

Cats
,
241
,
274
–75

Cavanaugh, Michael,
232

Celebration
,
21
–23

Cervantes, Miguel,
107

Champion, Gower,
16
,
87
,
154
,
178
,
189
–90

Channing, Carol,
109

Channing, Stockard,
72

Chapin, Harry,
10
–11,
64

Charisse, Cyd,
93

Chenoweth, Kristin,
224

Chess
,
7
–8,
48
–49,
149
–50

Chicago
,
210

A Chorus Line
,
210
–11,
270
–71,
275
–76

Christopher, Sybil,
203

Chute, B. J.,
17
,
84

City of Angels
,
197
,
198

The Civil War
,
183
–84

Clark, Petula,
138

Close, Glenn,
91
,
142
–43

Coburn, Charles,
151

The Cocoanuts
,
97

Cohan, George M.,
49
–50,
125
,
220

Cole, Stephen,
28

Coleman, Cy:
Barnum
,
196
;
City of Angels
,
197
;
I Love My Wife
,
249
,
253
;
Sweet Charity
,
39
;
Welcome to the Club
,
183
;
Wildcat
,
130

Colette,
157

Collins, Judy,
150

Comden, Betty,
38
,
118
,
153
,
181
,
252

comics, musicals based on,
24
–30

Company
,
266
–68,
267

Connelly, Marc,
170

Connick, Harry, Jr.,
103
,
104

Contact
,
228
–29

Cook, Barbara,
20
,
84

Corman, Roger,
101

Cotton Patch Gospel
,
64

Courtenay, Tom,
29

Courts, Randy,
106

Coward, Noel,
162
,
219

Cox, Nikki,
226
–27

Crabtree, Howard,
208

Cradle Will Rock
,
92

Crane, Bob,
260

Crane, Richard,
163

Crawford, Michael,
68
,
164
,
184

Crazy for You
,
54
–55,
129

Cricket
,
51

Crivello, Anthony,
66
,
101

Cross, David,
263

Crothers, Scatman,
72

Crouse, Russel,
57

Crouse, Timothy,
57

Crowley, Bob,
70

Crumb, Robert,
29
–30

Cryer, Gretchen,
261

Cullum, John,
254

Cumming, Alan,
55

Curtis, Tony,
97

Cusack, John,
92

Cyrano
,
60
–61;
the Musical
,
60
–61

Da Costa, Morton,
118

Dames at Sea
,
161

Damn Yankees
,
45
–46,
120

dance captain,
35

dance musicals,
228
–32

Dance of the Vampires
,
184

Dancin
’,
228