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OverviewHere comes the first major survey of Broadway musical theatre stars that covers the entire period from 1900 to the present, telling the life stories of the top stage luminaries from Al Jolson, George M. Cohan, and Fanny Brice, through Zero Mostel, Alfred Drake, Gwen Verdon, to today's Nathan Lane, Patti Lupone, and Audra McDonald. A total of 40 stars are profiled in this keepsake edition that describes their most important stage roles, then relates the triumphant, tragic, inspiring, and cautionary tales of how they worked their way up to stardom - and then tried to maintain that stardom in the face of economic adversity, racism, social upheaval, aging, critics, and changing public taste.All the traditional favorites are here - Carol Channing, Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, and Bert Lahr - plus the book restores great forgotten stars, including Marilyn Miller, William Gaxton, Bobby Clark and Adele Astaire, to their proper place, and celebrates the crop of modern stars like Donna Murphy, Bernadette Peters, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Kristin Chenoweth. Full-page photos of the stars accompany each chapter. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert ViagasPublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation Imprint: Applause Theatre Book Publishers Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 28.60cm Weight: 1.429kg ISBN: 9781557837271ISBN 10: 1557837279 Pages: 425 Publication Date: 01 July 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor Information"Robert Viagas (Mamaroneck, NY) is the founding editor of Playbill.com, host and program director of Playbill Radio, founding editor of The Playbill Broadway Yearbook (978-1-55783-732-5) series, editor of Louis Botto's At This Theatre, and author of numerous theatre books including The Alchemy of Theatre and On the Line: The Creation of ""A Chorus Line.""" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |