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Show Credits: Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Book by Sherman Yellen

Description: Europe's most famous rags-to-riches story is the subject of this extraordinary musical epic. Shrewd, charismatic, resourceful and ambitious, Mayer Rothschild and his five sons struggle to overcome the prejudice of late eighteenth century European society as they build a family banking business which takes them from the Jewish ghetto to the courts of the rich and powerful. On the way, they come to dominate European finance, help fund Napoleon's defeat, and secure a Declaration of Rights for their people from the Crowned Heads of State.

The sophisticated, tuneful and witty score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, composer and lyricist of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and SHE LOVES ME, is one of their most complex and ambitious, capturing the human essence as few others can. With its engaging and uncompromising book, THE ROTHSCHILDS is one of the boldest – and most overlooked – book musicals of its time, a heartfelt testament to family, dignity, honor and unflinching tenacity.

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Awards: The show won two Tony Awards (Best Actor - Hal Linden; Best Supporting Actor - Keene Curtis)