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Book Stewart Lane

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sr. Frank Stallone
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2010-05
  • ISBN : 1450211364
  • Pages : 450 pages

Download or read book Stewart Lane written by Sr. Frank Stallone and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientist Carl August is feeling claustrophobic living in the city. When he sees an advertisement for ten acres of land and a small cottage located outside Washington, D.C., he decides to view the property. As he drives along Stewart Lane, a narrow gravel road nestled on the perimeter of affluent estates, Carl wonders why the land is priced so reasonably, until he pulls up to a neglected property in complete disarray. He is greeted by Rufus Stewart, a tobacco chewing, heavyset man who asks, "are ya fixin' to buy it?" Carl soon learns that if he buys the property, he and his wife Mary will become neighbors of the Stewarts-a quirky family who has fallen from wealthy landowners into poverty. Mary convinces Carl to buy. The two soon settle into their new life in the country, oblivious to the many challenges on Stewart Lane.

Book Jews on Broadway

Download or read book Jews on Broadway written by Stewart F. Lane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fanny Brice, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Barbra Streisand, Alan Menken, Stephen Sondheim--Jewish performers, composers, lyricists, directors, choreographers and producers have made an indelible mark on Broadway for more than a century. Award-winning producer Stewart F. Lane chronicles the emergence of Jewish American theater, from immigrants producing Yiddish plays in the ghettos of New York's Lower East Side to legendary performers staging massive shows on Broadway. In its expanded second edition, this historical survey includes new information and photographs, along with insights and anecdotes from a life in the theater.

Book Black Broadway

Download or read book Black Broadway written by Stewart F. Lane and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African-American actors and actresses whose names have shone brightly on Broadway marquees earned their place in history not only through hard work, perseverance, and talent, but also because of the legacy left by those who came before them. Like the doors of many professions, those of the theater world were shut to minorities for decades. While the Civil War may have freed the slaves, it was not until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s that the playing field began to level. In this remarkable book, theater producer and historian Stewart F. Lane uses words and pictures to capture this tumultuous century and to highlight the rocky road that black actors have travelled to reach recognition on the Great White Way. After the Civil War, the popularity of the minstrel shows grew by leaps and bounds throughout the country. African Americans were portrayed by whites, who would entertain audiences in black face. While the depiction of blacks was highly demeaning, it opened the door to African-American performers, and by the late 1800s, a number of them were playing to full houses. By the 1920s, the Jazz Age was in full swing, allowing black musicians and composers to reach wider audiences. And in the thirties, musicals such as George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and Eubie Blake's Swing It opened the door a little wider. As the years passed, black performers continued to gain ground. In the 1940s, Broadway productions of Cabin in the Sky, Carmen Jones, and St. Louis Woman enabled African Americans to demonstrate a fuller range of talents, and Paul Robeson reached national prominence in his awarding-winning portrayal of Othello. By the 1950s and '60s, more black actors--including Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, and Sidney Poitier--had found their voices on stage, and black playwrights and directors had begun to make their marks. Black Broadway provides an entertaining, poignant history of a Broadway of which few are aware. By focusing a spotlight on both performers long forgotten and on those whom we still hold dear, this unique book offers a story well worth telling.

Book Let s Put on a Show

Download or read book Let s Put on a Show written by Stewart F. Lane and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For novice and first-time theatre producers at all levels, but especially in community and regional theatre. Offers how-tos on the fundamentals of every aspect of production.

Book If It Was Easy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stewart F. Lane
  • Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9781557835949
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book If It Was Easy written by Stewart F. Lane and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). "A screwball comedy, human, heartfelt and passionate!" Showbusiness "Sinatra fans will not want to miss this play." The Atlanta Journal Constitution An American Critics Association New Play nominee.

Book Bradshaw s monthly railway and steam navigation guide

Download or read book Bradshaw s monthly railway and steam navigation guide written by George Bradshaw and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 1258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Michigan Reports

Download or read book Michigan Reports written by Michigan. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 80s Chart Toppers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sharon Davis
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2012-01-06
  • ISBN : 1780574118
  • Pages : 500 pages

Download or read book 80s Chart Toppers written by Sharon Davis and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The '80s were a decade of musical change. As the '70s disco stranglehold was broken, rock, gay, dance and pop music competed with funk and soul, romantic ballads and political protest, computerised music and controversy. The glamour of costume, greasepaint and cross-dressing was put to good use by New Romantic groups like Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, Soft Cell, Culture Club and the Human League, while the world also looked to Britain for the most exciting pop acts such as the multi-million-selling Wham!, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Eurythmics and the Pet Shop Boys. Mainstream dance music was at its peak, spearheaded by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, and their stable of artists, including Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Rick Astley, were all chart-topping names. From the USA came the artist of the decade, Michael Jackson, while Madonna and Whitney Houston provided the 'Girl Power' of the '80s. The decade also saw the philanthropic side of the music industry as the stars responded to famine in Ethiopia with the charity records 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' and 'We Are The World'. The'80s catered for all musical tastes, no matter how bizarre, and was far more eclectic than any other decade. From bubble-gum pop with Bucks Fizz to the stadium rock of Simple Minds,'80s Chart-Toppers brings a comprehensive year-by-year, month-by-month guide to the hottest sounds of the decade.

Book Sustainability in Creative Industries

Download or read book Sustainability in Creative Industries written by Rafael Cano-Guervos and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Labiche and Company

Download or read book Labiche and Company written by Eugne Labiche and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2010 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). "Norman R. Shapiro has clearly established himself as the outstanding English interpreter of farce in America." Robert Scanlan, Harvard University Fourteen comic plays of Eugene Marin Labiche, one of the world's most prolific comic playwrights, translated by Norman Shapiro. Among the plays included are Bosom Friends , The Brat , A Bee or Not a Bee , It's All Relative , The Unshakeable Suitor , A Nest-Egg Well Scrambled , and A Slap in the Farce .

Book Votes and Proceedings

Download or read book Votes and Proceedings written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cassell s time tables of the Metropolitan railways

Download or read book Cassell s time tables of the Metropolitan railways written by Cassell, ltd and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: