Tag: Comedian Harmonists

"Reprise of the Repressed" discusses two musicals, "Harmony" and "I Can Get It for You Wholesale," and their themes of Jewish trauma and guilt.
"Harmony" is a musical that tells the story of the Comedian Harmonists, a German singing group composed of three Jews and three gentiles who rose to fame in the 1930s as the Nazis came to power.
In this episode of Unorthodox, the hosts interview Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman about their off-Broadway musical Harmony, which tells the story of the Comedian Harmonists, a groundbreaking group of Jewish and gentile entertainers in 1920s Germany.