In a play, one of this company’s founders collapses and dies after dancing the Twist to Sonny & Cher’s “The Beat Goes On.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this company that is tracked from its founding by immigrants to its fall in a Tony Award-winning play by Stefano Massini.
ANSWER: Lehman Brothers [or Lehman Bros.; or Lehman Brothers Inc.; accept The Lehman Trilogy]
[10e] Immigrants arrive in Ellis Island and work under harsh conditions in Amerike the Golden Land, a play in this language. The New York theater Folksbiene produced an appropriate adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof in this language.
ANSWER: Yiddish
[10m] This author’s plays concerning immigration and politics include On the Royal Road: The Burgher King, a reflection on Donald Trump narrated by a blind and bleeding Miss Piggy. This author wrote a novel about Erika Kohut’s sadomasochistic relationship with her student.
ANSWER: Elfriede Jelinek (“ell-FREE-duh YELL-in-ek”) (The novel is The Piano Teacher.)
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