| |
Apr 22, 2026
|
|
|
|
|
JWST 067 - (HP) Broadway and Jews: To LIFE! Jewish Experience and Identities OnstageSemester Hours: 3
The transcendent Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof closed in New York in January 2023, after a second successful run in three years, 59 years after the path-breaking musical first opened on Broadway. This show’s striking, sustained popularity and acclaim is but one example of the powerful impact of Jewish lives, history, experience, and identities on mainstream and experimental stages of the 20th and 21st centuries in the US. In this course, we will first trace the history of Jews in the US and explore how different genres of theatre and performance reflect the idea of “Jewishness” and evolving, multiple Jewish identities. By spotlighting the work of Jewish American theatre artists – performers, choreographers, playwrights, composers, designers, and directors – and analyzing a variety of plays, performers and performances, we will gain an understanding of how theater resists and/or creates cultural stereotypes, and how, through performance, alliances can be forged with other shifting identity categories – including race, class, gender and sexuality.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Same as DRAM 177. Credit given for this course or DRAM 110D or JWST 090B.
View Course Offering(s):
Summer Session I 2026
Summer Session II 2026
Summer Session III 2026
Fall 2026
Add to Personal Catalog (opens a new window)
|
|