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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453446103321

Autore

Shapiro Eddie <1969->

Titolo

Nothing like a dame : conversations with the great women of musical theater / / Eddie Shapiro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-994122-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Disciplina

782.1/409252

Soggetti

Women singers

Actresses

Musical theater

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 ELAINE STRITCH; 2 CAROL CHANNING; 3 CHITA RIVERA; 4 DONNA MCKECHNIE; 5 ANGELA LANSBURY; 6 LESLIE UGGAMS; 7 JUDY KAYE; 8 BETTY BUCKLEY; 9 PATTI LUPONE; 10 BEBE NEUWIRTH; 11 DONNA MURPHY; 12 LILLIAS WHITE; 13 KAREN ZIEMBA; 14 DEBRA MONK; 15 VICTORIA CLARK; 16 AUDRA MCDONALD; 17 KRISTIN CHENOWETH; 18 IDINA MENZEL; 19 SUTTON FOSTER; 20 LAURA BENANTI; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

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