On Bette Midler
An Opinionated Guide
(Sprache: Englisch)
For more than fifty years, Bette Midler has been at the center of the entertainment world as a uniquely talented singer, actress, and comedienne. Starting in the unlikely venue of a gay bathhouse in New York City--where she developed her Divine Miss M...
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For more than fifty years, Bette Midler has been at the center of the entertainment world as a uniquely talented singer, actress, and comedienne. Starting in the unlikely venue of a gay bathhouse in New York City--where she developed her Divine Miss M persona--this book takes a deep dive into her successes, from movies to million-selling records, from sell-out concert tours to her memorable farewell to Johnny Carson as his last guest on The Tonight Show.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „On Bette Midler “
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- "Any day now": A Bette Midler Chronology
- Introduction: The Birth of the Divine
- Chapter 1: "And me, I was your hostess!": Bette Midler's Theater
- Chapter 2: "Some say love . . . ": Bette Midler's Recordings
- Chapter 3: "I'll show you a pair of Golden Globes!": Bette Midler's Television
- Chapter 4: "I've been kidnapped by K-Mart!": Bette Midler's Movies
- "Now write this down!": Selected Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von Kevin Winkler
Kevin Winkler enjoyed a career of more than twenty years as a curator, archivist, and administrator at the New York Public Library, prior to which he was a professional dancer. His books include Everything is Choreography: The Musical Theatre of Tommy Tune (2021) and Big Deal: Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical (2018), which won the Theatre Library Association's George Freedley Memorial Award, Special Jury Prize, was a finalist for the Marfield Prize from the Arts Club of Washington, D.C., and was cited as an ALA/ACRL CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. He is an on-screen commentator for the acclaimed documentary Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon (2019).Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Kevin Winkler
- 2024, 232 Seiten, 20 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 20,1 x 13,7 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0197668321
- ISBN-13: 9780197668320
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.08.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
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