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“A candid, humorous, and often very touching account of the mingled joy and anguish of life in the theater. Nobody knows that life better than Alan Lerner and nobody has a sharper eye—the quick likenesses he draws of his contemporaries are as piquant as John Aubrey’s.” —Brendan Gill
This is a highly personal biography of three great shows: My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Gigi. Warm, witty, loving, often hilarious, and poignant in its affection for a glorious era in the American theater, it is the story of what Mr. Lerner calls "the sundown of wit, eccentricity, and glamour." The author himself, try as he will to keep himself out of his pages, emerges not merely as a great talent, but as a man of laughter and love. His principals, however, are Moss Hart and Fritz Loewe, with a stupendous supporting cast: Julia Andrews, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Cecil Beaton, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, Leslie Caron, Vincente Minnelli, Arthur Freed . . . and on an on. They are seen intimately in moments of triumph, disaster, doubt and panic, pettishness and hilarity. Sometimes they were amateurs at private living, but they were always professionals at the creation of theater. And the creation of theater is the matrix of this wonderful book. Here is how a show is conceived, financed, written (and rewritten and rewritten), produced, staged, saved, and finally given to the public.
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Anecdotes, Musicals, Biography, Librettists, Musical revue, comedy, History and criticism, Friends and associates, Lyricists, Motion pictures, production and direction, Theater, production and direction, Lerner, alan jay, 1918-1987, Musicals, history and criticism, Musicians, biographyPlaces
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The Street Where I Live
January 28, 1999, Books on Tape, Inc.
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The street where I live
1994, Da Capo Press
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The street where I live: the story of 'My Fair Lady', 'Gigi' and 'Camelot'
1989, Columbus
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0862874440 9780862874445
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The street where I live: the story of My fair lady, Gigi and Camelot
1980, Hodder and Stoughton
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The street where I live: the story of My fair lady, Gigi, and Camelot
1978, Hodder and Stoughton
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Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton, c1978.
Includes index.
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