A replica of the Joseph Stein marque
in the Round Barn Theatre
Joseph Stein
Biography
See Wikipedia, Joseph
Stein
Created by Richard Pletcher, producer, Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres
Sketch Writer - Alive and Kicking (1950)
Librettist - Plain and Fancy (1955)
Librettist - Mr. Wonderful (1956)
Librettist - (uncredited) Jamaica (1957)
Librettist - Take Me Along (1959)
Librettist - Juno (1959)
Librettist - Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Tony and Drama Critics Circle Awards
Librettist - Zorba (1968)
Tony nomination and Drama Critics Circle Award
Librettist - Irene (1973)
Librettist - Raisin (1973)
Librettist - The Baker's Wife (1976)
London: Olivier Award
Librettist - The King of Hearts (1978)
Librettist - Carmelina (1979)
Librettist - Carmelina (with Alan Jay Lerner) (1979)
Librettist - Zorba (1983)
Librettist - Rags (1986)
Tony nomination
Librettist - Miracles (1999-2000)
Librettist - Over and Over (1999)
Plays
Enter Laughing
Before Dawn
Films
Enter Laughing
Fiddler on the Roof
Screen Writers Guild Award
Radio and TV
Numerous radio and TV shows including:
Your Show of Shows
The Sid Caesar Show
Member of the Council (Executive Committee)
of the Dramatists Guild since 1975
Married to Elisa Loti, Psychotherapist
Online chat with Robert
Armin
(November 24, 2003)
Newest Work
The New Kander and Ebb Musical!
All About Us
Featuring Eartha Kitt and Karen Ziemba
Book by Joseph Stein, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, based
on the play The Skin of Our Teeth by Thorton Wilder
Directed by Gabriel Barre
New York reading, Tuesday, January 17th, Ripley-Grier Studios, presented
by Joseph Stein, John Kander, Fred Ebb Foundatin, David Brown, and Jacki
Barlia Florin.
SAMUEL FRENCH, Inc.
Founded 1830 Incorporated 1899
Play Publishers and Author' Representatives
45 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10010-2751
Charles R. Van Nostrand
President
July 6, 1995
Mr. Richard L. Pletcher, President
AMISH ACRES®
1600 West Market Street
Nappanee, Indiana 46550
Dear Mr. Pletcher:
Forty years ago when America was for the first time in many years at
peace and experiencing a collective optimism saw a nation, Plain and
Fancy opened on Broadway. The critic William Hawkins of the venerable
Scripps-Howard World-Telegram wrote that the charming new musical,
a beautiful and affecting study of opposites set against the simple beauty
of Amish life "...makes you feel as if you had on new shoes and your
best hat."
Our world has changed, presenting challenges all but unimaginable to
Americans at that gentler time, yet the poetry and magic of Plain and
Fancy endures.
It is a tribute to the wisdom and vernacular eloquence of the story by
Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, to the delightful lyrics by Arnold Horwitt
and to Albert Hague's bouyant, moving melodies, that for over nine years
Plain and Fancy has been performed by Amish Acres.
The tender, wry folkways of rural Pennsylvania have found a home in the
Indiana heartland, and thanks to the great talent and commitment of Amish
Acres, this inspiring musical continues to enchant audiences of all ages.
On behalf of all of us at Samuel French, I offer our sincerest best wishes
and heartfelt congratulations for the continued showmanship and artistic
excellence of Amish Acres, as well as the most profound appreciation and
affection to Mr. Joseph Stein who joins you in commemorating the 40th
anniversary of Plain and Fancy.
Yours most cordially,
Charles R. Van Nostrand
President
Fiddler on the Roof finds a new step on Broadway
Sheldon Harnick, lyricist, Joseph Stein, author, and Jerry Bock, composer,
do a jig for Herb Ritz for The New Yorker soon after the opening of the
2004 Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof, starring Alfred Molina,
followed by Harvy Fierstein, as Tevye.
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