A gambler's instinct : the story of Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford / Milly S. Barranger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barranger, Milly S.

Series:

Theater in the Americas.

Theater in the Americas series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theatrical producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Theatrical producers and directors.

Crawford, Cheryl, 1902-1986.

Crawford, Cheryl.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford (1902-1986) declared in her 1977 autobiography, "The theatre has been my life." Crawford was notoriously circumspect about her private life, and only now, with Milly S. Barranger's insightful biography, is her full story revealed. A major Broadway producer in an era when women producers were exceedingly rare, Crawford found unprecedented success with the plays of Tennessee Williams, including The Rose Tattoo and Sweet Bird of Youth, but her enduring legend is as a musical producer, having brought Kurt Weill's One Touch

Contents:

Lighting the fire, 1902-1936. Three brothers and a sister

Signs of a calling

The producer's apprentice

Raising the roof

Doors to everywhere, 1937-1961. Dizzy spells

No wooden nickels

Producers in skirts

Musical adventures

The oyster bed

Four by Tenn

A tattered ensign, 1962-1986. Who's minding the store?

Dreams deferred

Postscript.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69781-4

9786613674777

0-8093-8570-8

OCLC:

649913987