Ethel Merman Brass Diva Book stage-musicalThis marvellously detailed biography is the first to tell the full story of how the stenographer from Queens New York became the queen of the Broadway musical in its golden age. Paperback  Mining official and unofficial sources including interviews with Merman's family and her personal scrapbooks Caryl Flinn unearths new details of Merman's life and finds that behind the high octane personality was a remarkably pragmatic woman who never lost sight
Originally penned by Gaston Leroux the book is classic literature
He also covers illuminating trivia--the spy thriller The Lady Comes Across whose star got so into her role that she suffered paranoid hallucinations and had to be hospitalized the smutty Follow the Girls damned as 'burlesque with a playbill' yet closing as the longest-run musical in Broadway history Lute Song in which Mary Martin and Nancy Reagan were Chinese and the first 'concept' musicals Allegro and Love Life
Written in an easy and accessible style it will appeal to fans of musical theatre interested in probing under the surface of their favourite shows to all those interested in the relationship between religion and popular culture and to students of liturgy contemporary Christianity and musical theatre
Its survey of the theatre landscape offers behind-the-scenes stories from the two authors - one an actor/director and the other a costume designer
A Critic's view of modern British theatre One Night Stand is the Guardian theatre critic Michael Billington's own selection from twenty years of reviewing theatre from 1971-1991
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This lavishly illustrated book tells the fascinating story of the landmark musical the first collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
Paperback Readers will be swept up in the colorful eyewitness accounts of her stage triumphs (Anything Goes Call Me Madam Annie Get Your Gun Gypsy Hello Dolly
The adventurous ambitious Daisy and the quieter more retiring Violet are unforgettable characters that sing their way into your heart
Michael Kostroff is here to reveal in hilarious detail just what it's like to travel with the road companies of The Producers and Les Miserables
The illustrations are also fun and wittily chosen whether embarrassing production photos or sadly hopeful posters and advertising
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