Stages (eBook)

A Theater Memoir

Albert Poland (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
452 Seiten
Barbara Hogenson Agency (Verlag)
978-1-7339345-1-0 (ISBN)

Infos

';I am over the moon that Albert Poland has written STAGES, a fascinating and revelatory memoir of his life in the world of New York Theater and beyond.' ALAN MENKEN Albert Poland Legendary Broadway and Off Broadway Producer and General Manager presents STAGES A THEATER MEMOIR THE SHOWS Little Shop of Horrors, The Grapes of Wrath, Long Day's Journey into Night, Glengarry Glen Ross, As Is, The Boy from Oz, Steel Magnolias, One Mo' Time, The Fantasticks, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, The Neon Woman, A Lie of the Mind, Let My People Come, Marry Me a Little, The Waverly Gallery and many others! THE STARS Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Redgrave, Uta Hagen, Truman Capote, Sam Shepard, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charles Busch, Charles Pierce, Yoko Ono, Mike Nichols, Arthur Miller, David Mamet, Tommy Tune, Liza Minnelli, Quentin Tarantino, Steve Martin, Lotte Lenya, Divine, and many more. ';In STAGES Albert writes about his career as he lived it with honesty, humor and a spirit of real adventure. It is filled with the camaraderie of great friendships and great times. If you are considering a career in the theatre, I urge you to read STAGES you will be encouraged. PHILIP J. SMITH, Chairman, The Shubert Organization

Inhalt

Preface xi

Foreword by Michael Riedel xiii

1 Stop the Midwest, I Want to Get Off 1

2 Judy 4

3 “Make an Entrance” 10

4 Discovery 12

5 Candy, Gum, and Destiny 19

6 Rites of Passage 22

7 Off Broadway—The Wild Years 51

8 A Gem 107

9 Naked at the Gate 110

10 “Why You Want That Chichi Stuff? Get a Cab” 143

11 A Life in the Theatre 150

12 “Grab Your Honey and Sashay Down to the

Village Gate” 167

13 Manager Overboard 178

14 On the Brink 183

15 Enter Cameron 194

16 The Musical That Ate Off Broadway 200

17 Shouting in the Town Square 214

18 Steppenwolf 221

19 Sam Shepard Returns 226

20 Mike Nichols Has a Flop 234

21 Steel Magnolia 238

22 What’s the Worst That Could Happen? 245

23 Trouper 248

24 The Grapes of Wrath 252

25 Reckoning 263

26 An Enemy of Playwrights 267

27 Past and Present 275

28 Yoko 281

29 Bruce 288

30 A Producer Is Born 290

31 Great Ones 292

32 “‘Present Laughter’ Is Really About Control” 301

33 Opryland 305

34 Jane 308

35 “If You Think You Know What Terror Is . . .” 312

36 Rehearsals for Retirement 316

37 Ellen 319

38 Eileen 323

39 “May I Suggest?” “No, You May Not” 325

40 Voting With Their Checkbooks 329

41 “The City Had Become a War Zone” 332

42 Twin Peaks 336

43 Finishing the Picture 356

44 Home Stretch 361

Acknowledgments 367

Endnotes 369

Index 371

About the Author 395

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.10.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Schlagworte: Albert Poland • Arthur Miller • Broadway • Cameron Mackintosh • Ellen Stewart • Judy Garland • "Little Shop of Horrors" • off broadway • Shubert Organization • "The Boy from Oz" • "The Fantasticks" • "The Grapes of Wrath"
• ISBN-10: 1-7339345-1-0 / 1733934510
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7339345-1-0 / 9781733934510