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Nothing Like a Dame - Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater (Hardcover)
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Nothing Like a Dame - Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater (Hardcover)
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Angela Lansbury faced a serious challenge when she was auditioning
for the title role in Mame. "I don't know how to sing except in the
role. I never knew how to do exercises and I don't to this day. I
just stand up and sing," she recalls looking back over half a
lifetime. "But there were several people who helped me build my
voice and when it came to Mame, and the songs I got to sing, they
were natural for me." The part was a perfect fit-and it made her a
Broadway superstar. In Nothing Like a Dame, theater journalist
Eddie Shapiro opens a jewelry box full of glittering surprises,
through in-depth conversations with twenty leading women of
Broadway. He carefully selected Tony Award-winning stars who have
spent the majority of their careers in theater, leaving aside those
who have moved on or occasionally drop back in. The women he
interviewed spent endless hours with him, discussing their careers,
offering insights into the iconic shows, changes on Broadway over
the last century, and the art (and thrill) of taking the stage
night after night. Chita Rivera describes the experience of
starring in musicals in each of the last seven decades; Audra
McDonald gives her thoughts on the work that went into the five
Tony Awards she won before turning forty-one; and Carol Channing
reflects on how she has revisited the same starring role generation
after generation, and its effects on her career. Here too is Sutton
Foster, who contemplates her breakout success in an age when stars
working exclusively in theater are increasingly rare. Each of these
conversations is guided by Shapiro's expert knowledge of these
women's careers, Broadway lore, and the details of famous (and
infamous) musicals. He also includes dozens of photographs of these
players in their best-known roles. This fascinating collection
reveals the artistic genius and human experience of the women who
have made Broadway musicals more popular than ever-a must for
anyone who loves the theater.
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