Act One

Act One

Author: Moss Hart

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 1443435317

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Act One is the autobiography of Moss Hart, an American playwright and theatre director. Born into impoverished circumstances—his father was often unemployed—Hart left school at age twelve for a series of odd jobs that included being an entertainment director at a Catskills summer resort. Hart’s big break came in 1930 with the Broadway hit Once in a Lifetime, written with George Kaufman. The two would collaborate again on You Can’t Take It With You (1936) and The Man Who Came To Dinner (1939). You Can’t Take It With You won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1937, and the 1938 film version, directed by Frank Capra, won Oscars for both Best Picture and Best Director. Act One was adapted for a 1963 film starring George Hamilton, and for a 2014 stage production starring Tony Shalhoub and Andrea Martin. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.


Act One

Act One

Author: James Lapine

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2016-05-16

Total Pages: 91

ISBN-13: 0822232170

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THE STORY: Growing up in an impoverished family in the Bronx, Moss Hart dreamed of being part of the glamorous world of the theatre. Forced to drop out of school at age thirteen, Hart’s famous memoir Act One is a classic Hortatio Alger story that plots Hart’s unlikely collaboration with the legendary playwright George S. Kaufman. Tony Award-winning writer and director James Lapine has adapted Act One for the stage, creating a funny, heartbreaking, and suspenseful play that celebrates the making of a playwright and his play Once in a Lifetime. ACT ONE offers great fun to a director to utilize over fifty roles, which can be played by a cast as few as twelve, and in a production that can be done as simply or elaborately as desired.


I'd Rather Be Right

I'd Rather Be Right

Author: George S. Kaufman

Publisher:

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781494020866

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This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.


Three Plays

Three Plays

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780802150646

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Two renowned playwrights take a satirical look at three vaudevillians in Hollywood, portray an eccentric, but lovable, family, and relate the havoc that a convalescing guest wreaks on his unwitting hosts.


You Can't Take it with You

You Can't Take it with You

Author: Moss Hart

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 1937

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780822212874

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Alice Sycamore, a young woman from a happy, but very eccentric family, has second thoughts about her relationship with her wealthy boss's son, Tony, after a meeting between the two families goes terribly wrong.


Car Ma

Car Ma

Author: Alison Mosshart

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06-26

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781733350129

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Car Ma is Alison Mosshart's first collection in print of her art, photography, and writing. Mosshart is the lead singer for bands such as The Kills and Dead Weather. Her mother was a high school art teacher and her father a used car dealer--both influenced Car Ma's images, poems, and stories. Mosshart describes the book: "It's a book about America, performance, and life on the road. It's a book about fender bender portraiture, story tellin' tire tracks, and the never-ending search for the spirit under the hood."


Kitty, an Autobiography

Kitty, an Autobiography

Author: Kitty Carlisle

Publisher: Doubleday Books

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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An autobiography of the singer, movie star, and actress describing her personal life and career achievements.


Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along

Author: Moss Hart

Publisher: Blurb

Published: 2019-07-11

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780464049449

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Merrily We Roll Along, although praised by critics, was a failure on Broadway in 1934 but has since garnered almost cult classic status. It concerns a man who has lost the idealistic values of his youth. Its innovative structure presents the story in reverse order, with the character regressing from a mournful adult to a young man whose future is filled with promise.


Light Up the Sky

Light Up the Sky

Author: Moss Hart

Publisher:

Published: 1949

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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A look inside show business, set just before and immediately after a Broadway bound play meets its first audience.