{"product_id":"9780767904216","title":"Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eVaill, Amanda\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrown\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/6\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe “fantastically interesting” (NPR’s \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e) biography of the legendary, intensely ambitious choreographer and director who changed Broadway with his productions of\u003ci\u003e Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGypsy\u003c\/i\u003e—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003ePride and Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Superlative . . . a vivid account of a theatrical wizard.”—\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo some, Jerome Robbins was a demanding perfectionist, a driven taskmaster, a theatrical visionary; to others, he was a loyal friend, a supportive mentor, a generous and entertaining companion and colleague. Guarded and adamantly private, he was an inveterate and painfully honest journal writer who confided his innermost thoughts and aspirations to a remarkable series of diaries and memoirs. As a choreographer and director of ballets like \u003ci\u003eDances at a Gathering\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfternoon of a Faun\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Concert,\u003c\/i\u003e he humanized neoclassical dance; with groundbreaking musicals like \u003ci\u003eFiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGypsy\u003c\/i\u003e, he changed the face of theater in America and exemplified the flowering of American art in the mid-twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis personal and professional lives were equally provocative: a self-proclaimed homosexual, Robbins had relationships with both men and women, and at the height of anti-Communist hysteria, he was forced to testify before Congress. \u003ci\u003eSomewhere\u003c\/i\u003e places Jerome Robbins squarely in the cultural ferment of his time and native city. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on thousands of pages of documents to which Amanda Vaill was granted unfettered access, as well as on other archives and hundreds of interviews, \u003ci\u003eSomewhere\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting narrative of a life lived onstage, offstage, and backstage. It is also an accomplished work of criticism and social history that chronicles one man’s phenomenal career at a time when New York City was truly “a helluva town.”","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43365575164159,"sku":"9780767904216","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780767904216_s600x595.jpg?v=1779818814","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780767904216","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}