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Mainly on Directing - Gypsy, West Side Story and Other Musicals (Paperback, Reprint)
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Mainly on Directing - Gypsy, West Side Story and Other Musicals (Paperback, Reprint)
Series: Applause Books
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(Applause Books). As a playwright, screenwriter, and director,
Arthur Laurents has a unique place in the history of theater. In
this moving, exhilarating, and provocative account, he presents
readers with a front-row look at the making of two of the greatest
musicals of the American stage, West Side Story and Gypsy . He
writes in rich detail about his new bilingual production of West
Side Story, along with his most recent production of Gypsy, how it
began as an act of love, and how that love spread through the
entire company and resulted in a Gypsy unlike any other. Laurents
offers behind-the-scenes details about the musicals he directed,
including I Can Get It for You Wholesale, its producer David
Merrick (the "Abominable Showman"), and its (very young) stars,
Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould. He dishes on Stephen Sondheim's
Anyone Can Whistle, which starred Angela Lansbury and Lee Remick,
marking the debut for each in musical theater. And he recounts the
challenges and surprises that came with the making of La Cage aux
Folles, the first big Broadway musical that was gay and glad to be.
Throughout, the book is enriched by Laurents's two loves his love
for the theater and his love for his partner of fifty-two years,
Tom Hatcher, who shared and inspired every aspect of his life and
his work. Mainly on Directing presents an unforgettable portrait of
an artist working with other artists, a unique close-up look at
today's American musical theater by a man who's been at its red-hot
center for more than five decades.
General
Imprint: |
Applause Theatre Book Publishers
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Applause Books |
Release date: |
November 2014 |
First published: |
2014 |
Authors: |
Arthur Laurents
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Dimensions: |
213 x 143 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
184 |
Edition: |
Reprint |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4803-9447-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Theatre, drama >
Musical theatre
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LSN: |
1-4803-9447-5 |
Barcode: |
9781480394476 |
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