JOSEPH STEIN (1912 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Joseph Stein
Baker's Wife, The |
| 1st Produced: | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles | 11 May 1976 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | tht-891 | |||
| Music: | Broadway cast recording: Take Home Tunes (891) | 1976 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; book by Joseph Stein. Based on the film "La Femme de la Boulanger" screenplay by Marcel Pagnol | |||||
 | Aimable has opened a bakers shop in a small French village in the 1930s. He has a much younger wife - Genevieve. Amongst the people in town that day is the local Marquis with his chauffeur, Dominique. Dominique mistakes Genevieve for the baker's daughter - but she tells him that she is a happily married woman. Later that night she runs away with the chauffeur and they take the marquis' Peugeot. Aimable bereft with the loss of his wife refuses to make bread. The villagers know the only way he will make it again is if they find and return Genevieve to him | |||||
Body Beautiful, The |
| 1st Produced: | Broadway Theatre, NY | 1958 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1957 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Blue Pear (1006) | 1958 | ||||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: In and around New York City at the present time | |||||
Carmelina |
| 1st Produced: | St James Theater, New York | 1979 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Orginal Cast Records (THT CD 9224) | 1979 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Written by Alan Jay Lerner and Joseph Stein; music by Burton Lane; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Enter Laughing |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1976 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | book by Joseph Stein music and lyrics by Stan Daniels from novel by Carl Reiner. aka So Long, 174th Street | |||||
| Synopsis: | A young man embarks on a career in the theatre despite the fact he is a dreadful actor. | |||||
Fiddler On The Roof |
| 1st Produced: | Imperial Theatre, NY | 1964 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Limelight Editions, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (82876-51430-2) | 1964 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Book by Joseph Stein; Based on stories by Sholom Aleichem; Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: Anatevka, a small village in Russia. 1905, on the eve of the Russian Revolution. The much-loved musical tale of a Jewish family in Tsarist Russia facing emotional turmoil and physical upheaval. At the heart of the family, and the story, is Tevye, an old-fashioned father who wants to see his daughters married in the traditional Jewish way. | |||||
Juno |
| 1st Produced: | Winter Garden Theater, New York | 1959 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | fa-2134 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Fynsworth Alley (FA-2134) | 1959 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Marc Blitzstein; lyrics by Marc Blitzstein; book by Joseph Stein | |||||
 | Dublin in the 1920s. The Boyle family "Captain" Jack, his wife Juno and son Johnny and daughter Mary live in squalor in a tenement building. Jack drinks all day, Johnny has been injured fighting for the IRA. The two women work and provide for the family. One day a school teacher turns up and says that they have come into a fortune. Jack uses credit to do up the tenement. Meanwhile in the hopes of getting hold of the money the school teacher - Charles - courts Mary. When Charles realises that he made a mistake when drafting the will and that the Boyles will get nothing - he leaves for London. Things fall apart Jack has everything reposed. The IRA execute Johnny. Mary is pregnant by Charles. | |||||
King of Hearts |
| 1st Produced: | Minskoff Theater, New York | 1978 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Original Cast Records (THT 9225) | 1978 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Peter Link; lyrics by Jacob Brackman; book by Joseph Stein | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Mr Wonderful |
| 1st Produced: | Broadway Theatre, NY | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Setting: New York City; Union City, N.J.; Miami, Florida. Time: The Present, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Music by Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener and George Weiss; Lyrics by Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener and George Weiss; Book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman | |||||
Mrs Gibbons' Boys |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1958 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written with Will Glickman | |||||
| Synopsis: | ||||||
Plain and Fancy |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
| Company: | York Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Angel (764762) | 1955 | ||||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 19 | Female | 11 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Albert Hague; lyrics by Arnold B Horwitt; book by Will Glickman; book by Joseph Stein | |||||
| Synopsis: | A New York couple drive to Lancaster Pa. They plan to sell some land they own there which is in the Amish section of the county. What follows is a clash between the two cultures. | |||||
Rags |
| 1st Produced: | Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York | 1986 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Sony (42657) | 1986 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Charles Strouse; lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; book by Joseph Stein | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
So Long, 174th Street |
| 1st Produced: | Harkness Theater, New York | 1976 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Original Cast Records (9341) | 1980 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Stan Daniels; lyrics by Stan Daniels; book by Joseph Stein. aka Enter Laughing - The Musical | |||||
| Synopsis: | based on Joseph Stein's play, from the semi-autobiographical novel by Carl Reiner. The show is about the journey of young aspiring actor David Kolowitz as he tries to free himself from overly protective parents and girlfriends, while struggling to meet the challenge of a lack of talent in 1930s New York City | |||||
Take Me Along |
| 1st Produced: | Shubert Theater, New York | 1959 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (51050) | 1959 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Written by Robert Russell and Joseph Stein; music and lyrics by Bob Merrill | |||||
| Synopsis: | Nat Miller the owner of a small town newspaper has won a new fire engine for the town. He has doubts that he is as wonderful as his family and the towns folk say he is | |||||
Zorba |
| 1st Produced: | Imperial Theater, New York | 1968 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Hire only: musicals@samuelfrench.com, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Capitol (92053) | 1968 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by Joseph Stein; Adapated from "Zorba the Greek" by Nikos Kazantzakis | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: The present (and 1924). A Bouzouki circle (and Piraeus, Greece, and Crete). | |||||