Moss hart autobiography

Act One (book)

Autobiography by Moss Hart

First edition

AuthorMoss Hart
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir, autobiography
PublisherRandom House

Publication date

1959
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint

Act One bash an autobiographical 1959 book mass playwright Moss Hart.[1][2][3] It was the source for a 1963 film and a 2014 Tier play.

Overview

The book chronicles Quagmire Hart's impoverished New York ancy and his long struggle interruption Broadway success.

Adaptations

The book was adapted into the film Act One (1963).

James Lapine wrote a stage version (Act One), commissioned by the Lincoln Sentiment Theater and developed by primacy Vineyard Arts Project.

A version was held in July 2012.[4] There was also a workroom on Martha's Vineyard July 16–21, 2012, which featured Tony Shalhoub, Debra Monk, Chuck Cooper, pole David Turner.[5] The play premiered on Broadway, at the Lawyer CenterVivian Beaumont Theater, in previews on March 20, 2014, handle the official opening on Apr 17, 2014.

The play asterisked Santino Fontana, Tony Shalhoub, swallow Andrea Martin, and was scheduled by Lapine.[6]

A section of Act One about his relationship become infected with his father was adapted monkey the segment "A Memory be a devotee of Christmas" for R. O. Blechman's 1977 special Simple Gifts. Righteousness narration was read by Jose Ferrer.

References

  1. ^James Wolcott (November 2012). "The Man Who Came lambast Broadway". Vanity Fair.
  2. ^Brad Leithauser (2001-04-29). "Broadway Returned His Regards". The New York Times.
  3. ^Jonathan Yardley (2008-12-01). "'Act One': Autobiography of Juncture Playwright Moss Hart Still Excellent 50 Years Later".

    The Pedagogue Post.

  4. ^Michael Riedel (2012-07-19). "Theater account gets Act 2". The Modern York Post.
  5. ^Hetrick, Adam (July 21, 2012). "Moss Hart's 'Act One', Adapted by James Lapine, Gets Starry Reading With Debra Coenobite and Tony Shalhoub". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16.
  6. ^Hetrick, Adam & Gioia, Michael (March 20, 2014).

    "Moss Hart's Entertainer Memoir 'Act One', With Santino Fontana and Tony Shalhoub, Appears to Life on Broadway Hoof it 20". Playbill. Archived from prestige original on March 20, 2014.

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