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Nothing like a dame : conversations with the great women of musical theater

2014

Title:	Nothing like a dame : conversations with the great women of musical theater
Author:	Shapiro, Eddie, 1969-
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014] ©2014
Description:	xii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects:	Women singers -- Interviews. Actresses -- Interviews. Musical theater.
Genre:	Interviews.
Notes:	Includes index.
Contents:	Elaine Stritch -- Carol Channing -- Chita Rivera -- Donna McKechnie -- Angela Lansbury -- Leslie Uggams -- Judy Kaye -- -- Betty Buckley -- Patti Lupone -- Bebe Neuwirth -- Donna Murphy -- Lillias White -- Karen Ziemba -- Debra Monk -- Victoria Clark -- Audra McDonald -- Kristin Chenoweth -- Idina Menzel -- Sutton Foster -- Laura Benanti.
ISBN	9780199941209 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

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Summary

Angela Lansbury faced a serious challenge when she was auditioning for the title role in Mame. "I don't know how to sing except in the role. I never knew how to do exercises and I don't to this day. I just stand up and sing," she recalls looking back over half a lifetime. "But there wereseveral people who helped me build my voice and when it came to Mame, and the songs I got to sing, they were natural for me."The part was a perfect fit - and it made her a Broadway superstar.In Nothing Like a Dame, theater journalist Eddie Shapiro opens a jewelry box full of glittering surprises, through in-depth conversations with twenty leading women of Broadway. He carefully selected Tony Award-winning stars who have spent the majority of their careers in theater, leaving aside thosewho have moved on or occasionally drop back in. The women he interviewed spent endless hours with him, discussing their careers, offering insights into the iconic shows, changes on Broadway over the last century, and the art (and thrill) of taking the stage night after night.Chita Rivera describes the experience of starring in musicals in each of the last seven decades; Audra McDonald gives her thoughts on the work that went into the five Tony Awards she won before turning forty-one; and Carol Channing reflects on how she has revisited the same starring role generationafter generation, and its effects on her career. Here too is Sutton Foster, who contemplates her breakout success in an age when stars working exclusively in theater are increasingly rare. Each of these conversations is guided by Shapiro's expert knowledge of these women's careers, Broadway lore,and the details of famous (and infamous) musicals. He also includes dozens of photographs of these players in their best-known roles.This fascinating collection reveals the artistic genius and human experience of the women who have made Broadway musicals more popular than ever - a must for anyone who loves the theater.

Table of Contents

	Foreword Elaine Paige	p. ix
	Introduction	p. xi
1	Elaine Stritch	p. 3
2	Carol Channing	p. 21
3	Chita Rivera	p. 36
4	Donna McKechnie	p. 57
5	Angela Lansbury	p. 73
6	Leslie Uggams	p. 91
7	Judy Kaye	p. 107
8	Betty Buckley	p. 125
9	Patti Lupone	p. 142
10	Bebe Neuwirth	p. 163
11	Donna Murphy	p. 181
12	Lillias White	p. 201
13	Karen Ziemba	p. 218
14	Debra Monk	p. 232
15	Victoria Clark	p. 246
16	Audra McDonald	p. 264
17	Kristin Chenoweth	p. 281
18	Idina Menzel	p. 297
19	Sutton Foster	p. 313
20	Laura Benanti	p. 330
21	Tonya Pinkins (online at www.oup.com/us/nothinclikeadame)
	Acknowledgments	p. 351
	Index	p. 353

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