Put on a Happy Face
A Broadway Memoir
Published on 1. July 2008
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-4027-5889-8 (ISBN)
Description
This fascinating and witty autobiography is packed with juicy, behind-the-curtain stories. It is a wonderful gift for theatre fans and anyone who loves celebrity gossip. Strouse is a musical-theatre legend who is as entertaining on the page as his work is on the stage!Legendary Hollywood and Broadway composer, Charles Strouse, has composed some of the most successful shows in Broadway history including "Annie" and "Bye Bye Birdie"; has been sampled by one of today's biggest rap stars - Jay-Z, in the Grammy-winning "Hard Knock Life"; and his songs have been sung by musical greats from Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles to Barbra Streisand. "Put on a Happy Face" relates fascinating, behind-the-curtain stories and tells fascinating tales about the people he's met with along the way, including Butterfly McQueen, Sammy Davis Jr., Lauren Bacall, Mel Brooks, Warren Beatty and Carol Burnett. Timed to coincide with public celebrations of Strouse's 80th birthday, this autobiography sparkles with wit and grants an insider's glimpse of Broadway, Hollywood and beyond.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Union Square & Co.
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
b/w throughout
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4027-5889-8 (9781402758898)
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Person
Charles Strouse is an Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning composer. He is also a recipient of the Richard Rodgers, the Oscar Hammerstein & the Frederick Lowe Awards and has been elected to both the Theater Hall of Fame & the Songwriters Hall of Fame.