Brass Diva
Title | Brass Diva PDF eBook |
Author | Caryl Flinn |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 591 |
Release | 2007-11-30 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0520927257 |
Broadway star Ethel Merman's voice was a mesmerizing force and her vitality was legendary, yet the popular perception of La Merm as the irrepressible wonder falls far short of all that she was and all that she meant to Americans over so many decades. This marvelously detailed biography is the first to tell the full story of how the stenographer from Queens, New York, became the queen of the Broadway musical in its golden age. Mining official and unofficial sources, including interviews with Merman's family and her personal scrapbooks, Caryl Flinn unearths new details of Merman's life and finds that behind the high-octane personality was a remarkably pragmatic woman who never lost sight of her roots. Brass Diva takes us from Merman's working-class beginnings through the extraordinary career that was launched in 1930 when, playing a secondary role in a Gershwin Brothers' show, she became an overnight sensation singing "I Got Rhythm." From there, we follow Merman's hits on Broadway, her uneven successes in Hollywood, and her afterlife as a beloved camp icon. This definitive work on the phenomenon that was Ethel Merman is also the first to thoroughly explore her robust influence on American popular culture.
Diva Lamp Brass [artefact]
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Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial Large-brass Medals by Captain William Henry Smyth
Title | Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial Large-brass Medals by Captain William Henry Smyth PDF eBook |
Author | William Henry Smyth |
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Pages | 384 |
Release | 1834 |
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Publications
Title | Publications PDF eBook |
Author | North Oxfordshire Archaeological Society |
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Pages | 692 |
Release | 1853 |
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Descriptive catalogue of cabinet of Roman imperial large-brass medals
Title | Descriptive catalogue of cabinet of Roman imperial large-brass medals PDF eBook |
Author | William Henry Smyth |
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Pages | 388 |
Release | 1834 |
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Records of Roman History
Title | Records of Roman History PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Hobler |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2022-07-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3375102135 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.
Showstoppers!
Title | Showstoppers! PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Nachman |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Pages | 550 |
Release | 2016-11-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1613731051 |
When Robert Preston shouted "Ya got trouble!" in River City, when Carol Channing glided down a gilded staircase while waiters serenaded her with "Hello, Dolly!," when Barbra Streisand defied us to rain on her parade in Funny Girl, audiences were instantly enchanted. Showstoppers! is all about Broadway musicals' most memorable numbers—why they were so effective, how they were created, and why they still resonate. Much of it is told through the eyes of the performers, songwriters, directors, and choreographers who first built these explosive numbers and lit the fuse. Gerald Nachman interviewed dozens of iconic musical theater figures, including Patti LuPone, John Raitt, Jerry Herman, Edie Adams, Dick Van Dyke, Joel Grey, Marvin Hamlisch, John Kander, Tommy Tune, Sheldon Harnick, and Harold Prince, uncovering priceless untold anecdotes and details.