Cabaret & Concert NewsNational Jewish Theater Foundation to Honor Jerry Bock With Concert Reading of Rothschild & SonsThe late Broadway composer will posthumously receive the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award May 2.
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Dan Meyer
April 17, 2019
Jerry Bock
The National Jewish Theater Foundation — Holocaust Theater International Initiative's 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award will be bestowed upon the late, famed composer Jerry. The ceremony, featuring prior recipient and frequent collaborator Sheldon Harnick, will take place at the Bruno Walter Auditorium May 2, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Mr. Bock’s most famous works include scores of Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello!, both of which won him and Harnick a Tony Award. Fiorello! also received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
To honor the occasion, the NJTF HTII will also stage a concert reading of Rothschild & Sons, Bock, Harnick, and Sherman Yellen's one-act play with music about a Jewish family struggling to overcome prejudice in 19th century Europe. The reimagined play is based on Frederic Morton's novel The Rothschilds and the musical adaptation of the same name.
Jeffrey B. Moss will direct a cast led by Robert Cuccioli, Glory Crampton, and Gary Trainor. Ben Van Tienen will serve as musical director.
A discussion featuring Yellen and Professor Jessica Hillman (author of Echoes of the Holocaust on the American Musical Stage) will follow the performance.
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Remembering the Shows of Jerry Bock
Remembering the Shows of Jerry Bock
Jerry Bock, who composed the score to Fiddler on the Roof and contributed songs to many other Broadway musicals, died the morning of Nov. 3. Here is a look back at a few of the shows that make up Bock's theatrical legacy. Unless noted, the works included here have full scores by composer Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Tom Bosley in Fiorello! on Broadway, 1959.
Maurice Evans in Tenderloin, 1960.
Fritz Weaver, Martin Gabel and Inga Swenson in Baker Street, 1965 (additional songs by Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick).
Henry Fonda, Richard Jordan and Holly Turner in Generation, 1965. Incidental music by Bock.
Bette Midler (far right) and company in Fiddler on the Roof, 1967.
