ISBN: 0823078906 9780823078905

Category: Performing Arts / Theater / Direction & Production

Page count: 452

• The author is the first person outside the family to have access to Hart’s diary<br><br>• Dozens of never-before-published photos—many from his family<br><br>• Written with the consent and cooperation of Hart’s widow, Kitty Carlisle Hart, and <br>his children<br><br>• Frank, thoroughly researched, insightful look at the Golden Age of Broadway<br><br>• Features interviews with dozens of Hart’s <br>colleagues, including Gregory Peck, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, and many more<br><br><br><br>He’s a legend of The Great White Way whose very name is synonymous with the Golden Age of Broadway <b>Moss Hart</b>. In <b>Moss Hart: A Prince of the Theater</b>, acclaimed biographer <b>Jared Brown</b> examines this Pulitzer Prize–winning legend with a meticulously researched, sensitive look at the life and work of a major American artist. Brown examines Hart’s early days writing with George S. Kaufman, his collaborations with Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, and Ira Gershwin, his career as a movie director, and his final act as director of the stage smashes <i>My Fair Lady</i> and <i>Camelot</i>. More than just an assessment of Hart’s career, this is a personal portrait as well, with frank discussions of Hart’s rumored bisexuality, his battles with anxiety and depression, and his marriage. This long-awaited biography, written with the full cooperation of Hart’s family and friends, is truly the definitive picture of a theatrical giant.