Bar Mitzvah Boy
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Bar Mitzvah Boy is a stage musical, with music by Jule Styne, that follows a young Jewish boy’s anxieties and family tensions leading up to his bar mitzvah.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bar Mitzvah Boy canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre work
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stage musical ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bar Mitzvah Boy (television play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Jack Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookWriter | Jack Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Jule Styne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre | musical ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Eliot Green
NERFINISHED
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Grandma ⓘ Rita Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
1970s Britain
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British Jewish culture ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
stage musical
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television drama adaptation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Don Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Eliot Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicStyle | contemporary musical theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
clash between tradition and modern life
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preparations for a bar mitzvah ⓘ |
| notableSong |
If Only A Little Bit
NERFINISHED
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The Bar Mitzvah of Eliot Green NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sun Shines Out of Your Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ This Time Tomorrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orchestrator | Sid Ramin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMedium | television play ⓘ |
| premiereCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Her Majesty's Theatre, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| producer | Cameron Mackintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | 13 ⓘ |
| setting |
Jewish community in Britain
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| subject |
Jewish family life
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bar mitzvah ⓘ coming-of-age ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Jewish community audiences
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general theatre audiences ⓘ |
| televisionPlayBroadcastCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionPlayBroadcastNetwork | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionPlayBroadcastYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| themes |
anxiety about adulthood
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family tensions ⓘ religious identity ⓘ |
| workType | West End musical ⓘ |
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