The Golden Age of Broadway musicals gave the American public dozens of memorable songs - "I Got Rhythm," "Oklahoma," "Some Enchanted Evening," "My Favorite Things," "My Funny Valentine," " On the Street Where You Live," " There's No Business Like Show Business," "Maria," "Tomorrow," and others. What connects them? All were written by Jewish composers.

Jews played an enormous role in the development of this great American art form. Of the "big five" Broadway composers, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Richard Rodgers, only Cole Porter was not Jewish.

The Broadway stage was a space where Jews envisioned an ideal America and subtly wrote themselves into that scenario. The names Jerry Orbach, Molly Picon, Zero Mostel, seen above, Barbra Streisand and Joel Grey represent Broadway legend.

This lecture explores the Jewish contribution to Broadway and contains great photos, memorabilia, and movie clips of unforgettable Broadway moments.