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Restoring the Life and Legacy of Jazz Choreographer Buddy Bradley

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**"A prodigious feat of research, Feel the Floor is an act of redress that restores Bradley’s life and legacy.… Fresh interviews with still enchanted former students give us a window onto a man who moved so beautifully that it brought people to tears." —The New Yorker“What Footer does, and smartly, while winding the 20th century’s pop and socio-culturalism into a neat, critically rhapsodic ball, ... Read more

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**"A prodigious feat of research, Feel the Floor is an act of redress that restores Bradley’s life and legacy.… Fresh interviews with still enchanted former students give us a window onto a man who moved so beautifully that it brought people to tears." —The New Yorker“What Footer does, and smartly, while winding the 20th century’s pop and socio-culturalism into a neat, critically rhapsodic ball,
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Restoring the Life and Legacy of Jazz Choreographer Buddy Bradley

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**"A prodigious feat of research, Feel the Floor is an act of redress that restores Bradley’s life and legacy.… Fresh interviews with still enchanted former students give us a window onto a man who moved so beautifully that it brought people to tears." —The New Yorker“What Footer does, and smartly, while winding the 20th century’s pop and socio-culturalism into a neat, critically rhapsodic ball, ... Read more

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**"A prodigious feat of research, Feel the Floor is an act of redress that restores Bradley’s life and legacy.… Fresh interviews with still enchanted former students give us a window onto a man who moved so beautifully that it brought people to tears." —The New Yorker“What Footer does, and smartly, while winding the 20th century’s pop and socio-culturalism into a neat, critically rhapsodic ball,
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The Guest List

How Manhattan Defined American Sophistication—from the Algonquin Round Table to Truman Capote's Ball

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From the 1920s to the early 1960s, Manhattan was America's beacon of sophistication. From the theatres of Broadway to the lobby of the Algonquin Hotel to tables at the Stork Club, intelligence and wit were the twinned coins of the realm. Alexander Woolcott, Irving Berlin, Edna Ferber, Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote, the Lunts and Helen Hayes ... Read more

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From the 1920s to the early 1960s, Manhattan was America's beacon of sophistication. From the theatres of Broadway to the lobby of the Algonquin Hotel to tables at the Stork Club, intelligence and wit were the twinned coins of the realm. Alexander Woolcott, Irving Berlin, Edna Ferber, Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote, the Lunts and Helen Hayes
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The Thurber Letters

The Wit, Wisdom and Surprising Life of James Thurber

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Though he died more than forty years ago, James Thurber remains one of America's greatest and most enduring humorists, and his books -- for both adults and children -- remain as popular as ever. In this comprehensive collection of his letters -- the majority of which have never before been published -- we find unsuspected insights into his life and career.His prodigious body of work -- fables, ... Read more

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Though he died more than forty years ago, James Thurber remains one of America's greatest and most enduring humorists, and his books -- for both adults and children -- remain as popular as ever. In this comprehensive collection of his letters -- the majority of which have never before been published -- we find unsuspected insights into his life and career.His prodigious body of work -- fables,
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Tap Dancing America : A Cultural History

A Cultural History

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Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap--the first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and social exchange that evolved from Afro-Irish percussive step dances like the jig, gioube, buck-and-wing, and juba to the work of such contemporary tap luminaries as Gregory Hines, Brenda Bufalino, Dianne ... Read more

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Here is the vibrant, colorful, high-stepping story of tap--the first comprehensive, fully documented history of a uniquely American art form, exploring all aspects of the intricate musical and social exchange that evolved from Afro-Irish percussive step dances like the jig, gioube, buck-and-wing, and juba to the work of such contemporary tap luminaries as Gregory Hines, Brenda Bufalino, Dianne
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Anything Goes

A History of American Musical Theatre

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Ethan Mordden has been hailed as "a sharp-eared listener and a discerning critic," by Opera News, which compares his books to "dinner with a knowledgeable, garrulous companion." The "preeminent historian of the American musical" (New York Times), he "brings boundless energy and enthusiasm buttressed by an arsenal of smart anecdotes" (Wall Street Journal). Now Mordden offers an entirely fresh and ... Read more

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Remember Me to Harlem

The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten

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Langston Hughes is widely remembered as a celebrated star of the Harlem Renaissance -- a writer whose bluesy, lyrical poems and novels still have broad appeal. What's less well known about Hughes is that for much of his life he maintained a friendship with Carl Van Vechten, a flamboyant white critic, writer, and photographer whose ardent support of black artists was peerless.Despite their ... Read more

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Langston Hughes is widely remembered as a celebrated star of the Harlem Renaissance -- a writer whose bluesy, lyrical poems and novels still have broad appeal. What's less well known about Hughes is that for much of his life he maintained a friendship with Carl Van Vechten, a flamboyant white critic, writer, and photographer whose ardent support of black artists was peerless.Despite their
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What the Eye Hears

A History of Tap Dancing

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The first authoritative history of tap dancing, one of the great art forms—along with jazz and musical comedy—created in America.Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in NonfictionWinner of Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardAn Economist Best Book of 2015What the Eye Hears offers an authoritative account of the great American art of tap dancing. Brian Seibert, a dance criti... ... Read more

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The first authoritative history of tap dancing, one of the great art forms—along with jazz and musical comedy—created in America.Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in NonfictionWinner of Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardAn Economist Best Book of 2015What the Eye Hears offers an authoritative account of the great American art of tap dancing. Brian Seibert, a dance criti...
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Florence! Foster!! Jenkins!!!

The Life of the World's Worst Opera Singer

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An inspiring biography of the socialite and amateur soprano who didn't let her terrible voice stop her—Now the subject of a major motion picture.Magazine Madame Jenkins couldn't carry a tune in a bucket: despite that, in 1944 at the age of seventy-six, she played Carnegie Hall to a capacity audience and had celebrity fans by the score. Her infamous 1940s recordings are still highly prized today.In ... Read more

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An inspiring biography of the socialite and amateur soprano who didn't let her terrible voice stop her—Now the subject of a major motion picture.Magazine Madame Jenkins couldn't carry a tune in a bucket: despite that, in 1944 at the age of seventy-six, she played Carnegie Hall to a capacity audience and had celebrity fans by the score. Her infamous 1940s recordings are still highly prized today.In
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One More Kiss

The Broadway Musical in the 1970s

by Ethan Mordden ...

Series Book 6 - The History of the Broadway Musical
"[A] treasure trove for fans of the musical theatre." —Richard Ouzonian, Toronto StarEthan Mordden's new entry in his history of the Broadway musical looks at an era that brought us not only the gritty reality of "A Chorus Line" and the brilliantly bittersweet works of Stephen Sondheim, but also the nostalgic crowd-pleasers "No, No, Nanette" and "Annie." It was a time when Broadway both looked to ... Read more

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"[A] treasure trove for fans of the musical theatre." —Richard Ouzonian, Toronto StarEthan Mordden's new entry in his history of the Broadway musical looks at an era that brought us not only the gritty reality of "A Chorus Line" and the brilliantly bittersweet works of Stephen Sondheim, but also the nostalgic crowd-pleasers "No, No, Nanette" and "Annie." It was a time when Broadway both looked to
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The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville

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The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville provides a unique record of what was once America's preeminent form of popular entertainment from the late 1800s through the early 1930s. It includes entries not only on the entertainers themselves, but also on those who worked behind the scenes, the theatres, genres, and historical terms. Entries on individual vaudevillians include biographical information, ... Read more

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I Know I've Seen That Face Before

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Moviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Christmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This book, filled with never-published behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway and Hollywood, chronicles the life of a complicated woman who brought an assortment of unforgettable nurses, nuns, and housekeepers to life on screen and stage.Wickes was part of some of ... Read more

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Moviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Christmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This book, filled with never-published behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway and Hollywood, chronicles the life of a complicated woman who brought an assortment of unforgettable nurses, nuns, and housekeepers to life on screen and stage.Wickes was part of some of
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