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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 792
Fabric Type: 9780823088256
Fax Number: Revised
Legal Disclaimer: 0823088251
Maximum Color Depth: Back Stage Books
Metal Type: Back Stage Books
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 480
Total External Bays Free: April 01, 2006
Total Firewire Ports: Back Stage Books
Total Parallel Ports: April 01, 2006
Back Stage Books
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Product Description:
Fully revised updated and expanded edition of an ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award winner
Cultural history plus celebrity anecdotes
Up-to-the-minute look at the current New York cabaret scene
Intimate Nights is the definitive history of cabaret as it evolved in New York City in the years after World War II. But that doesnt mean its dry and academic. Good heavens, no. Settle in for racy tales of nightlife, revealed in interviews with dozens of the people who lived it: Bobby Short, Eartha Kitt, Mabel Mercer, Bette Midler, and many more. Author James Gavin has tracked down rare, early stories about the legends who came out of New York nightclubsand that means Barbra Streisand, Woody Allen, Nichols and May, Johnny Mathis, Carol Burnett, Lenny Bruce, among others. Part cultural history, part celebrity gossip, Intimate Nights offers an intimate look at the creatures of the nightclubs.
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Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret
The header refers to the author as well as the book. I use the word 'rich' in all its meanings except the monetary one. A wonderful book full of wonderful detail by a wonderful writer. Luckily I had already amassed a number of the CDs listed in the discography, so there were few demands on my credit card. I can't say the same for 'Deep in a Dream', Mr Gavin's opus on Chet Baker, another hard-to-put-down book. I'm still paying for lots of Chet ... Read More
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this book gives good insight on the story of cabaret.easy reading-with interesting facts & photos. Gives detail on the history & the key players of cabaret in NYC.
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If life is truly a cabaret, than James Gavin has written a spectacular history of that night life. This updated edition of Gavin's 1992 book of the same title concerns the history of cabaret in America--and it's a real dazzler.
Beginning in the speakeasies of the '30s and progressing through the glamorous '40s and '50s to the repressive '50s, the book takes us to the wide-open sexuality of the '60s and '70s, the devastation from HIV of the '80s and early '90s to where we stand today. It's a show ... Read More
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Gavin has done a lot more than just research the time period he covers with such liveliness in this comprehensive book about New York nightclub entertainment. He really seems to have immersed himself in the world that he describes, and his enthusiasm shines through on every page. This is a wonderful introduction to an essential part of entertainment history.
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