Joseph Stein

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Joseph Stein (born May 30, 1912 in New York City , † October 24, 2010 ibid) was an American playwright . He became known as the author of books on musicals such as Anatevka and Sorbas .

Life

Stein was born in New York City in 1912 to Jewish parents, Charles and Emma Stein. These had emigrated from Poland . Stein grew up in the Bronx Borough . In 1935 he received his "Bachelor of Science" degree from the City College of New York , and two years later a "Master of Social Work" from Columbia University . From 1939 to 1945 he worked in the field of psychiatric social work. In addition, he began to write his first pieces.

After a chance encounter with actor Zero Mostel , Stein began writing for well-known radio presenters such as Henry Morgan, Hildegarde, Tallulah Bankhead , Phil Silvers and Jackie Gleason . He later began writing for television in collaboration with Sid Caesar . Here he worked on the writing team for the TV variety show "Your Show of Shows", which also included Woody Allen , Mel Brooks , Carl Reiner and Larry Gelbart .

Stein lived in Manhattan with his wife Elisa until his death . Stein has three sons (Daniel, Harry and Josh) from his first marriage to Sadie Singer Stein (died 1974). From his marriage to Elisa Loti he has a daughter, Jenny Lyn. Stein died on October 24, 2010 as a result of a fractured skull that he sustained in a fall.

theatre

In 1948 a play by Stein was performed on Broadway for the first time : the revue "Lend an Ear", written with Will Glickman . Stein wrote the first book about a musical after Richard Kollmar asked him to write a musical about the state of Pennsylvania . The model for this was the musical "Oklahoma!" By Rodgers and Hammerstein . Stein and his co-author Will Glickman were sent to the Amish Community of Lancaster County for this purpose . They bought a travel guide in Pennsylvania Dutch for 50 US cents . They then returned to New York and wrote the musical comedy "Plain and Fancy". The play premiered on Broadway on January 27, 1955 and then had 461 performances.

Stein achieved his greatest success as an author in 1965 with the book for the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" (German: Anatevka ). For this he won three important prizes, including two Tony Awards . He later wrote the script for the film of the same name.

Other Broadway performances with books by Stein include “Alive and Kicking”, “Mr. Wonderful "," The Body Beautiful "," Juno "," Take Me Along "," Irene "," Carmelina "," The Baker's Wife "," Rags "," Enter Laughing "and his musical version of" So Long, 174th Street ".

Honors

In January 2008, Stein was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame . In 2008 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Dramatists Guild of America . In 2007 he also received the “Oscar Hammerstein Award” from the York Theater for his achievements in the field of musical theater.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/theater/26stein.html
  2. ^ A b c Fiddler on the Roof . enotes.com. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
  3. ↑ a b c Cote, David. "Now that he's a rich man," The Times (London), May 14, 2007, p. 16
  4. ↑ Patricia Cohen: A Writer Enjoying a Revival After a Very Long First Run . In: The New York Times , August 28, 2008. Retrieved September 13, 2009. 
  5. ^ 'Fiddler' author Joseph Stein dies , jta.org, October 26, 2010, accessed September 18, 2012
  6. ↑ a b Internet Broadway Database listing ibdb.com, accessed February 2, 2010
  7. ↑ Steyn, Mark. Broadway Babies Say Goodnight: Musicals Then and Now (2000). Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0-415-92287-9 , p. 126 (partial reference)
  8. ↑ Goose, Andrew. "Fierstein, O'Brien, Cullum and Ivey Among Theater Hall of Fame Inductees" ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. playbill.com, Oct 12, 2007 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.playbill.com
  9. ↑ Dramatists Guild Honors Stein, Letts, Miranda, Lucas Nov. 18; Harnick and Irving Perform  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , playbill.com, November 18, 2008, accessed September 18, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.playbill.com  
  10. ↑ BWW News Desk. "Star-Studded Hammerstein Award Ceremony to Joseph Stein" , broadwayworld.com, November 9, 2007

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personal data
SURNAME Stein, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American playwright and musical writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 2010
Place of death New York City