Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

#1

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 11:40am

I'm looking for a funny song for a female singer that is somehow about Judaism.
for example, I have Shiksa Goddess for my male singer, and I'm looking for something similar for a girl.

any ideas?

#2

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 11:49am

Passover by William Finn?

Akiva

#3

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 12:00pm

I thought of it but it's a little depressing, but that's the direction i'm looking for

#4

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 12:14pm

Updated On: 11/24/12 at 12:14 PM

#5

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 12:17pm

Every song in FIDDLER?

#6

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 1:16pm

None of the songs from Fiddler are actually about judiasm.

My favorite? "It's Hard to be a Jew on Christmas" from South Park. Not kidding. It's hysterical.

#7

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 1:23pm

"Hanukkah in Santa Monica" by Tom Lehrer. It's not a showtune, but a cute novelty song.

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#8

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 1:57pm

Sabbath Prayer from Fiddler is a female song and absolutely about Judaism.

There was a musical called "Yours Anne" that might have something - I don't know the show enough to be able to tell you if any of them would fit.

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#9

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 1:57pm

Tradition.

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#10

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 2:58pm

Children of Eden is based off of the Old Testament. "Spark of Creation" comes to mind as a possibility.

#11

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 5:25pm

"Rags" from Rags.

http://youtu.be/fuuMIa3fMxw

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#12

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 5:35pm

The Falsettos has a lot of funny songs about being Jewish

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#13

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 5:45pm

Would "All About Me" from THE BATTERY'S DOWN work? There's a weird cut in this video, but you can find the full song on iTunes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=disfRiqYpVY

#14

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 6:08pm

Falsettos' numbers are hurt by the fact that they need context, and/or are sung from a male perspective. "Everyone Hates His Parents" could work, but isn't explicitly Jewish.

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#15

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 6:13pm

Again, not Broadway, but Jackie Hoffman's "Shavuoth" and "You Are Jewish" are both upbeat and funny. Both songs are pretty blue, though, if that's a concern.

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#16

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 6:44pm

I wrote a song once, AGES ago, called "Not Actually A Jew," about the unusual situation of being a goy who happens to be cast almost exclusively to play stereotypically Jewish characters, wishing for any other role out of boredom with the same schtick over and over again.

If I could find it, I'd send it to you, but I wrote it in pre-digital days as a lead-sheet on a piece of paper and I've long since lost the paper.

#17

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/24/12 at 10:34pm

It's probably not what you're looking for, but you could throw in "You Won't Succeed on Broadway" from Spamalot.

#18

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/25/12 at 2:23pm

Sabbath Prayer from Fiddler may not be what OP is looking for as it is not a funny song. But it is very much a song about Judaism.

Updated On: 11/26/12 at 02:23 PM

#19

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/25/12 at 5:11pm

A few years ago on SNL they did a song called "Christmastime for the Jews" about how the Jews go to the movies and eat chinese food on Christmas day! Not broadway, but close!

#20

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/26/12 at 1:29am

Not written for a woman, but if you have never heard "When Messiah Comes" you should find a recording of it. Pretty hysterical. I have a recording of it on a mixed CD from a friend that I am guessing is from "An Evening with Sheldon Harnick. I know the song is also on one of the Lost in Boston albums.

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#21

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/26/12 at 12:00pm

@ChairinMain - "Tradition," "Sabbath Prayer," and "Miracle of Miracles"

#22

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/26/12 at 12:17pm

I think Tovah Feldshuh has a song on one of the "Carols for a Cure" albums called "Shalom Santa," about the character's mother being a lapsed Catholic and her father being a cultural Jew. The song was co-written by Douglas J. Cohen of "No Way To Treat a Lady" and "The Opposite of Sex" fame.

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#23

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/26/12 at 12:17pm

Surprised no-one's mentioned I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE for Harold Rome's score:

A GIFT TODAY is the only Bar Mitzvah song I know of in the Broadway cannon.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO US NOW is a great minor key protest song.
MISS MARMELSTEIN is the solo comedy number that of course propelled Barbra Streisand into the stratosphere.

Really dark unloveable book but some great numbers there.

#24

Looking for a Broadway song about Judaism

Posted: 11/26/12 at 12:35pm

Perhaps if I knew what you plan to use it for, the context, it might be easier to make a suggestion.

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