Ethel Merman: A Life“Kellow’s chronology is dishy and seamless; he understands the dynamics of the theater world and makes you feel the exhilaration of an evolving hit and the frustrations inherent in working with a performer like Merman.”—The New York Times Book Review “[Kellow] has painted a vivid portrait of a Broadway diva who shone brighter and sang louder than anyone else.”—The Washington Post BookWorld More than twenty years after her death, Ethel Merman continues to set the standard for American musical theater. The stories about the supremely talented, famously strong-willed, fearsomely blunt, and terrifyingly exacting woman are stuff of legend. But who was Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, really? Brian Kellow’s definitive biography of the great Merman is superb, and the first account to examine both the artist and the woman with as much critical rigor as empathy. Through dozens of interviews with her colleagues, friends, and family members, Kellow (author of Can I Go Now?: The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent) traces the arc of her life and her thirty-year singing career to reveal many surprising facts about Broadway’s biggest star. |
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Ethel laughed especially hard when Williams did his famous pantomime of a poker game: while he was hit with a solo spotlight, he did an uncanny imitation of the entire gamut of emotions involved in playing a losing hand of poker.
Ethel laughed especially hard when Williams did his famous pantomime of a poker game: while he was hit with a solo spotlight, he did an uncanny imitation of the entire gamut of emotions involved in playing a losing hand of poker.
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Ethel hand-delivered Bragg's letter to White at Forty-second Street's Apollo Theatre, where the Scandals were always staged and where White gave her the once-over. He had high standards of feminine beauty and was known for dismissing ...
Ethel hand-delivered Bragg's letter to White at Forty-second Street's Apollo Theatre, where the Scandals were always staged and where White gave her the once-over. He had high standards of feminine beauty and was known for dismissing ...
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Al Siegel, still very sick, managed by sheer will to be on hand for opening night. The orchestra, which would go on to become part of musical legend, included several members of Red Nichols and His Five Pennies: Benny Goodman on ...
Al Siegel, still very sick, managed by sheer will to be on hand for opening night. The orchestra, which would go on to become part of musical legend, included several members of Red Nichols and His Five Pennies: Benny Goodman on ...
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Inhalt
Chapter Five | |
Chapter Seven | |
Chapter Eight | |
Chapter Nine | |
Chapter Fourteen | |
Chapter Fifteen | |
Chapter Sixteen | |
Chapter Seventeen | |
Chapter Eighteen | |
Chapter Nineteen | |
Chapter Twenty | |
Chapter Twentyone | |
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Chapter Eleven | |
Chapter Twelve | |
Chapter Thirteen | |
Chapter Twentytwo | |
Acknowledgments | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
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