I Danced on Broadway
Memoir of a Career on Stage
Published on 5. September 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
241 pages
978-1-4766-9636-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this uplifting memoir, Lee Wilson shares stories from her four decades of dancing on Broadway, with anecdotes about theatre legends including Agnes de Mille, Richard Rodgers, Michael Bennett, Donna McKechnie, and Bernadette Peters. She details the economic, political, and social events that led from the Golden Age to the slump of the early 1970s to the rejuvenation of Broadway with the huge success of A Chorus Line. Wilson's feminist viewpoint gives readers new insight into well-known musicals and examines why Golden Age musicals are still relevant to Broadway audiences today.
This book is for musical theatre students in high schools and colleges, performers in community and regional theatre, professionals on and off-Broadway, dance moms, lovers of musical theatre, and readers who want to peek into the rehearsal rooms, dressing rooms, and hearts of Broadway dancers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Illustrations
Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-9636-2 (9781476696362)
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Person
Lee Wilson danced on Broadway in four successive decades. She performed in hit musicals, like Hello, Dolly! and A Chorus Line, and notorious flops, like Lolita, My Love and La Strada. She worked with Broadway legends, including Agnes de Mille, Alvin Ailey, Michael Bennett, Donna McKechnie, and Bernadette Peters. She lives, dances, and writes in Los Angeles.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
¿1.¿Hello, Dolly! (1967)
¿2.¿Here's Where I Belong (1967-1968)
¿3.¿Oklahoma! at the Paper Mill Playhouse and How Now, Dow Jones (1968)
¿4.¿Gimbels and Love Match (1968-1969)
¿5.¿Oklahoma! at Lincoln Center (1969)
¿6.¿La Strada (1969)
¿7.¿Commercials, Milliken, and The Sound of Music (1969-1970)
¿8.¿Lolita, My Love (1971)
¿9.¿You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1971)
10.¿Veronica Lake, Cruising the Caribbean, and Chateau de Ville (1971-1972)
11.¿The Fantasticks (1972)
12.¿Playing Wife (1973)
13.¿Back on the Boards (1973-1975)
14.¿A Chorus Line: The Auditions (1975-1976)
15.¿A Chorus Line: Rehearsals and San Francisco (1976)
16.¿A Chorus Line: Los Angeles (1976-1977)
17.¿Leaving A Chorus Line (1977)
18.¿A Chorus Line: The Record-Breaking Show (1983)
19.¿Las Vegas and the West (1978-1986)
20.¿The Ticking Clock (1986-1988)
21.¿Meet Me in St. Louis Auditions and Annie Get Your Gun (1988-1989)
22.¿Meet Me in St. Louis (1989-1990)
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Prologue
¿1.¿Hello, Dolly! (1967)
¿2.¿Here's Where I Belong (1967-1968)
¿3.¿Oklahoma! at the Paper Mill Playhouse and How Now, Dow Jones (1968)
¿4.¿Gimbels and Love Match (1968-1969)
¿5.¿Oklahoma! at Lincoln Center (1969)
¿6.¿La Strada (1969)
¿7.¿Commercials, Milliken, and The Sound of Music (1969-1970)
¿8.¿Lolita, My Love (1971)
¿9.¿You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1971)
10.¿Veronica Lake, Cruising the Caribbean, and Chateau de Ville (1971-1972)
11.¿The Fantasticks (1972)
12.¿Playing Wife (1973)
13.¿Back on the Boards (1973-1975)
14.¿A Chorus Line: The Auditions (1975-1976)
15.¿A Chorus Line: Rehearsals and San Francisco (1976)
16.¿A Chorus Line: Los Angeles (1976-1977)
17.¿Leaving A Chorus Line (1977)
18.¿A Chorus Line: The Record-Breaking Show (1983)
19.¿Las Vegas and the West (1978-1986)
20.¿The Ticking Clock (1986-1988)
21.¿Meet Me in St. Louis Auditions and Annie Get Your Gun (1988-1989)
22.¿Meet Me in St. Louis (1989-1990)
Bibliography
Index