Dazzler by Steven Bach
From the Algonquin Round Table to the Gershwins and the Hollywood moguls, Moss Hart knew and delighted everybody. Vanity Fair has called him one of American theater's greatest geniuses, the man responsible for such indelible successes as A Star Is Born, Camelot, and My Fair Lady. His rags-to-riches autobiography, Act One, became one of the most successful and beloved books ever published about the lure of the theater. But it ended at the beginning--when Hart was only twenty-five. Now, at last, we have the whole and far richer story in this first full-scale biography of the Prince of Broadway. Here Steven Bach explores the private Moss Hart, revealing his struggles with self-doubt, depression, and sexual identity, and the public one, recounting his creativity and charisma, his wit and grace. With thorough research and graceful prose, Steven Bach takes us on a journey to another time and place, where one man created a dazzling world for himself and for all American theatergoers.Steven Bach was born in the outskirts of Chicago, Illinois, in 1943. Before the suburbs crawled out of the city, living in the country near to huge farms allowed for contact with nature and life in general. The presence of a navy air training base nearby, with its practically weekly plumes of smoke, served as a warning that death was never far away. At the age of 11, I moved to East Tennessee, which was a huge cultural shock and a huge step forward in terms of being in touch with nature. This was a jungle in more ways than one when compared to Illinois.
Steven gravitated toward the company of the community's interesting artists as a teenager in a tourist town, and eventually became an artist himself. His work, which mostly consists of sculpture, has evolved through time to include a variety of mediums, including literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780679441540 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679441549 |
| Title | Dazzler |
| Author | Steven Bach |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 2001-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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