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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781129503321

Autore

Barranger Milly S

Titolo

A gambler's instinct [[electronic resource] ] : the story of Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford / / Milly S. Barranger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-280-69781-4

9786613674777

0-8093-8570-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Theater in the Americas series

Disciplina

792.02/32092

B

Soggetti

Theatrical producers and directors - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Lighting the fire, 1902-1936. Three brothers and a sister -- Signs of a calling -- The producer's apprentice -- Raising the roof -- Doors to everywhere, 1937-1961. Dizzy spells -- No wooden nickels -- Producers in skirts -- Musical adventures -- The oyster bed -- Four by Tenn -- A tattered ensign, 1962-1986. Who's minding the store? -- Dreams deferred -- Postscript.

Sommario/riassunto

Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford (1902-1986) declared in her 1977 autobiography, "The theatre has been my life." Crawford was notoriously circumspect about her private life, and only now, with Milly S. Barranger's insightful biography, is her full story revealed.  A major Broadway producer in an era when women producers were exceedingly rare, Crawford found unprecedented success with the plays of Tennessee Williams, including The Rose Tattoo and Sweet Bird of Youth, but her enduring legend is as a musical producer, having brought Kurt Weill's One Touch