"[An] utterly compelling account . . . of the intrepid—and sometimes crazy—journalists who risked everything to report on the Spanish Civil War." —Amanda Foreman, New York Times–bestselling authorMadrid, 1936. In a city blasted by a civil war that many fear will cross borders and engulf Europe—a conflict one writer will call "the decisive thing of the century" —six people meet and find their lives changed forever. Ernest Hemingway, his career stalled, his m...

The titanic choreographer, creator of memorable ballets, master of Broadway musicals, legendary show doctor and director, now revealed in his own words--the closest we will get to a memoir/autobiography--from his voluminous letters, journals, notes, diaries, never before published. Edited, and with commentary by Amanda Vaill, author of Robbins's biography, Somewhere, 2006 ("I can't imagine a better book about Robbins ever being written"--Terry Teachout, chief drama critic,...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHYA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICEFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD IN BIOGRAPHYFINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY**“Marvelous . . . An act not only of recovery, but of world building.” —The Atlantic“A thoroughly fascinating biography, filled with Vaill’s signature warmth, humor and insight.” —The New York Times Book Revie...

The “fantastically interesting” (NPR’s All Things Considered) biography of the legendary, intensely ambitious choreographer and director who changed Broadway with his productions of Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, and Gypsy—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Pride and Pleasure“Superlative . . . a vivid account of a theatrical wizard.”—VogueTo some, Jerome Robbins was a demanding perf...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHYA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICEFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD IN BIOGRAPHYFINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY**“Marvelous . . . An act not only of recovery, but of world building.” —The Atlantic“A thoroughly fascinating biography, filled with Vaill’s signature warmth, humor and insight.” —The New York Times Book Revie...

"A vivid, well-paced story of the awfulness of war and of the complex motives of those who report on it." —The Wall Street Journal"Romantic . . . kaleidoscopic . . . adds to the cold hard facts—as well as the enduring mystique—of the Spanish Civil War." —Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh AirMadrid, 1936. In a city blasted by civil war, six people meet and find their lives changed forever. Ernest Hemingway, his career stalled, ...

The titanic choreographer, creator of memorable ballets, master of Broadway musicals, legendary show doctor and director, now revealed in his own words--the closest we will get to a memoir/autobiography--from his voluminous letters, journals, notes, diaries, never before published. Edited, and with commentary by Amanda Vaill, author of Robbins's biography, Somewhere, 2006 ("I can't imagine a better book about Robbins ever being written"--Terry Teachout, chief drama critic,...

In the first full-scale life of the mostimportant composer-lyricist at work in musical theatre today, Meryle Secrest, the biographer of Frank Lloyd Wright and Leonard Bernstein, draws on her extended conversations with Stephen Sondheim as well as on her interviews with his friends, family, collaborators, and lovers to bring us not only the artist--as a master ofmodernist compositional style--but also the private man.Beginning with his early childhood on New York's pros...

"The two sides of Shaw…are at the center of…[this] compulsively readable biography." —Daniel Akst, Wall Street JournalDuring America’s Swing Era, no musician was more successful or controversial than Artie Shaw: the charismatic and opinionated clarinetist-bandleader whose dozens of hits became anthems for “the greatest generation.” But some of his most beautiful recordings were not issued until decades after he’d left the scene. He broke racial barriers by...

New York Times Bestseller: "Both revelatory and entertaining . . . Along the way, Viertel provides some fascinating Broadway history." — The New York Times Book ReviewAmericans invented musicals—and have a longstanding love affair with them. But what, exactly, is a musical? In this book, longtime theatrical producer and writer Jack Viertel takes them apart, puts them back together, sings their praises, and occasionally despairs over their more emba...

The celebrated, multi-award-winning film critic's intelligent guide to the movies—with more than 2,800 reviews."A master of synopsis, Pauline Kael has contrived to tell us between the covers of one book what eight decades of film are about and who is in them and behind them, and to reflect, swiftly but astutely, on what they signify. No one else has done that; no one else could have done that." —Wallace Shawn, from the ForewordLook up a movie in this guide,...

The star of Hitchcock's Rope and Strangers on a Train "recalls life onstage and in film in an engaging, colorful memoir" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Synonymous with the golden age of Broadway, the dazzling lights of Hollywood, and the rise of television arts, Farley Granger's charm and talent captivated the acting community and audiences alike. Working with creative visionaries like Alfred Hitchcock, Luchino Visconti, and Nick Ray, G...