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Title: Act One: An Autobiography by Moss Hart, Woody Allen ISBN: 0-312-03272-2 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: October, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: THE BEST
Comment: Whenever I teach a class for actors, I recommend Moss Hart's autobiography, ACT ONE. It is simply the finest book I know about the theatre and what it was like to work on Broadway in the 1920's thru the 1950's. It was a true tragedy that Hart died so young, robbing not only his family of husband and father, but the world of a great playwright and director and chronicler of his times.
This is a funny, perceptive, first-hand account of life in the fast lane of one of the best playwrights Broadway has ever produced. An obsessive worker (it was the stress of his constant work that ultimately killed him), a perfectionist, a brilliant upstart, Hart teamed with George S. Kaufman to write some of the best and funniest plays of the first half of the 20th century...and even today. Is there really a better play about a family coping through love during the Depression than "You Can't Take It With You?" (That was a rhetorical question). And as Nathan Lane proved only two years ago, "The Man Who Came To Dinner" is very much worth reviving in a first class production even if you have already seen it in your local community or dinner theatre. The autobiography doesn't so much end as it stops and it is obvious that Hart meant to write a second and, perhaps, a third volume that would include his other writing partners, his Hollywood career, his directing, etc.
Steven Bach has written a biography of Hart's entire life called DAZZLER, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOSS HART that is a fine companion to Hart's own, unbeatable ACT ONE. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb Theater Autobiography
Comment: Act One is one of my favorite books. I have rearead it often since the first time I picked it up in my late teens. I love the anecdotes about the Broadway greats ans near greats and how Mr. Hart became famous, but my favorite parts of the book concern his memorable Aunt Kate, a woman whose fate in life was other than she deserved. She is very humanely portrayed, and so is the rest of Mr. Hart's family. I also enjoyed learning more about George Kaufman and his wife. This book's great!
Rating: 5
Summary: The best book about the theater ever written, Act One.
Comment: Moss Hart is arguably one of the finest and most successful authors of the 20th century theater in this or any other country. Like many successful men in the theater, he came from a background of serious poverty and the true drama of Act One is his perseverence and victory in extremely trying circumstances. There are fascinating glimpses into the theater world of NYC in the 40s and 50s, excellent sketches of George Kaufmann, Beatrice Kaufmann and Max Siegel, and poignant views into the people and places that forged Moss Hart into the extremely urbane, charming and successful man he became, against the hardest possible odds. Superb book!
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Title: Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart by Steven Bach ISBN: 0306811359 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Kitty by KITTY CARLISLE HART ISBN: 0385244258 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 07 September, 1988 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Ghost Light : A Memoir by Frank Rich ISBN: 0375758240 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Three Plays by Kaufman and Hart: Once in a Lifetime/You Can't Take It With You/the Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart ISBN: 0802150640 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: December, 1988 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway by William Goldman, Frank L. Aronson Rich ISBN: 0879100230 Publisher: Proscenium Pub Pub. Date: November, 1984 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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