Alan J Lerner The Street Where I Live

Author : Alan J. Lerner
Publisher : WW Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393356137
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Street Where I Live written by Alan J. Lerner and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lerner will always be remembered as a Broadway light, and one of the brightest.” —Tom Shales, The Washington Post The Street Where I Live is at once an intimate biography of three great shows—My Fair Lady, Gigi, and Camelot—and a candid account of the life and times of Alan J. Lerner, one of America’s most acclaimed and popular lyricists. Large-hearted, humorous, and often poignant in its reverence for a celebrated era in the American theater, this is the story of what Lerner calls "the sundown of wit, eccentricity, and glamour." Try as he might to keep himself out of these pages, Lerner reveals himself to be a man of great talent, laughter, and love. Along the way, we meet a sensational supporting cast: Moss Hart, Fritz Loewe, Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Cecil Beaton, Louis Jourdan, and Maurice Chevalier, to name a few. They are seen in moments of triumph and disaster, but all are professionals at the creation of theater. And the creation of theater is the matrix of this wonderful book. Included are the complete lyrics to My Fair Lady, Gigi, and Camelot.

Author : Alan J. Lerner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324001658
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Street Where I Live: A Memoir written by Alan J. Lerner and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lerner will always be remembered as a Broadway light, and one of the brightest.” —Tom Shales, The Washington Post The Street Where I Live is at once an intimate biography of three great shows—My Fair Lady, Gigi, and Camelot—and a candid account of the life and times of Alan J. Lerner, one of America’s most acclaimed and popular lyricists. Large-hearted, humorous, and often poignant in its reverence for a celebrated era in the American theater, this is the story of what Lerner calls "the sundown of wit, eccentricity, and glamour." Try as he might to keep himself out of these pages, Lerner reveals himself to be a man of great talent, laughter, and love. Along the way, we meet a sensational supporting cast: Moss Hart, Fritz Loewe, Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Cecil Beaton, Louis Jourdan, and Maurice Chevalier, to name a few. They are seen in moments of triumph and disaster, but all are professionals at the creation of theater. And the creation of theater is the matrix of this wonderful book. Included are the complete lyrics to My Fair Lady, Gigi, and Camelot.

Author : Alan Jay Lerner
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780393009705
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Street Where I Live written by Alan Jay Lerner and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1980 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not a personal memoir but the biography of three great musicals--My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Gigi--this account highlights the on-stage and off-stage moments of triumph and disaster, of professionalism and pettiness.

Author : Alan Jay Lerner
Publisher : Amadeus Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Hymn to Him written by Alan Jay Lerner and published by Amadeus Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Lerner's lyrics includes not only the famous Lerner-Louwe musicals such as Brigadoon, Camelot, Paint Your Wagon, Gigi and My Fair Lady, but also the less familiar works, from Lerner's 1943 debut What's Up? to My Man Godfrey which he left half-finished at his death. In his introduction, Benny Green shows how throughout his career, both during his successful partnership with Fritz Louwe and the less satisfactory collaborations with Leonard Bernstein and Andre Previn, Lerner showed total mastery of the art of lyric writing. In his preamble to each show, Green considers the background of the musicals and the problems faced by the writers, including the unconventional ingredients of My Fair Lady and the costing of Gigi. ISBN 0-87910-109-1: $20.00.

Author : Alan Jay Lerner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019064673X
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner written by Alan Jay Lerner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Jay Lerner wrote the lyrics for some of the most beloved musicals in Broadway and Hollywood history. Most notably, with composer Frederick Loewe he created enduring hits such as My Fair Lady, Gigi, Camelot, and Brigadoon. In The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner, editors and annotators Dominic McHugh and Amy Asch bring all of Lerner's lyrics together for the first time, including numerous draft or alternate versions and songs cut from the shows. Compiled from dozens of archival collections, this invaluable resource and authoritative reference includes both Lerner's classic works and numerous discoveries, including his unproduced MGM movie Huckleberry Finn, selections from his college musicals, and lyrics from three different versions of Paint Your Wagon. This collection also includes extensive material from Lerner's two most ambitious musicals: Love Life, to music by Kurt Weill, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, which Lerner wrote with Leonard Bernstein.

Author : Dominic McHugh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199394881
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alan Jay Lerner written by Dominic McHugh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man behind "I Could Have Danced all Night" and "Almost Like Being in Love", lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of the American musical stage. In penning the lyrics to some of the most well-known and beloved Broadway shows, including Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, Lerner worked and corresponded with some of the greatest luminaries of popular entertainment over a career which spanned four decades, from performers like Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews to composers like André Previn, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and especially Frederick Loewe. In this rich collection of correspondence, most of it published for the first time, author Dominic McHugh sheds new light on Lerner's working relationships with these legendary figures. McHugh's extensive commentary reveals Lerner's turbulent partnerships with Loewe and Lane, his affection for Harrison, and his reverence for Burton. Particular emphasis is placed on Lerner's aborted projects with composers like Richard Rodgers and Arthur Schwartz. Especially valuable is the correspondence from his final years, in which he worked on a movie version of The Merry Widow, a BBC TV series about musicals, and a musical version of My Man Godfrey, none of which came to fruition. The collection ends with a poignant final exchange between Lerner and Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he was to have written The Phantom of the Opera. Overall, this important and lively book reveals the highs and lows of the career of one of America's wittiest and most romantic lyricists.

Author : Moss Hart
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1443435317
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Act One written by Moss Hart and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Act One is the autobiography of Moss Hart, an American playwright and theatre director. Born into impoverished circumstances—his father was often unemployed—Hart left school at age twelve for a series of odd jobs that included being an entertainment director at a Catskills summer resort. Hart’s big break came in 1930 with the Broadway hit Once in a Lifetime, written with George Kaufman. The two would collaborate again on You Can’t Take It With You (1936) and The Man Who Came To Dinner (1939). You Can’t Take It With You won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1937, and the 1938 film version, directed by Frank Capra, won Oscars for both Best Picture and Best Director. Act One was adapted for a 1963 film starring George Hamilton, and for a 2014 stage production starring Tony Shalhoub and Andrea Martin. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.

Author : Dominic McHugh
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199827303
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loverly written by Dominic McHugh and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-07-09 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text considers one of the most popular musicals of all time, Lerner and Loewe's 'My Fair Lady.' Using previously-unpublished letters and documents, author Dominic McHugh presents a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the show, revealing the tensions that went into the making of this beloved musical.

Author : Alan Jay Lerner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brigadoon written by Alan Jay Lerner and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosecroft Music Circus, John A. Schaefer presents Doretta Morrow in "Brigadoon," co-starring Jack Washburn, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe, directed by Louis Macmilian, musical director Leo Stone, choreography by Robert Paget, settings by Gordon Micunis, costumes by Bernie Joy.

Author : Dominic McHugh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190646756
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner written by Dominic McHugh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Jay Lerner wrote the lyrics for some of the most beloved musicals in Broadway and Hollywood history. Most notably, with composer Frederick Loewe he created enduring hits such as My Fair Lady, Gigi, Camelot, and Brigadoon. In The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner, editors and annotators Dominic McHugh and Amy Asch bring all of Lerner's lyrics together for the first time, including numerous draft or alternate versions and songs cut from the shows. Compiled from dozens of archival collections, this invaluable resource and authoritative reference includes both Lerner's classic works and numerous discoveries, including his unproduced MGM movie Huckleberry Finn, selections from his college musicals, and lyrics from three different versions of Paint Your Wagon. This collection also includes extensive material from Lerner's two most ambitious musicals: Love Life, to music by Kurt Weill, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, which Lerner wrote with Leonard Bernstein.