He's a legend of The Great White Way whose very name is synonymous with the Golden Age of Broadway - Moss Hart. In "Moss Hart: A Prince of the Theater", acclaimed biographer Jared Brown 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 Well, and Ira Gershwin, his career as a movie director, and his final act as director of the stage smashes "My Fair Lady" and "Came/of". More than just an assessment of Hart's career, this is a personal portrait as well, with frank discussions of Hart's rumoured 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. This is a definitive biography of a giant of twentieth-century theatre.
- ISBN10 0823078906
- ISBN13 9780823078905
- Publish Date 1 May 2006
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 23 September 2008
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Watson-Guptill Publications
- Imprint Back Stage Books,U.S.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English