{"product_id":"dancing-man-bob-avian-9781496825889","title":"Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer's Journey","description":"Tony and Olivier Award-winning Bob Avian's dazzling life story, \u003ci\u003eDancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer's Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, is a memoir in three acts. Act I reveals the origins of one of Broadway's legendary choreographers who appeared onstage with stars like Barbra Streisand and Mary Martin all before he was thirty. Act II includes teaching Katharine Hepburn how to sing and dance in \u003ci\u003eCoco\u003c\/i\u003e and working with Stephen Sondheim and Michael Bennett while helping to choreograph the original productions of \u003ci\u003eCompany\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFollies\u003c\/i\u003e. During this time, Avian won a Tony Award as the cochoreographer of \u003ci\u003eA Chorus Line\u003c\/i\u003e and produced the spectacular Tony Award-winning \u003ci\u003eDreamgirls\u003c\/i\u003e. For a triumphant third act, Avian choreographed Julie Andrews's return to the New York stage, devised all of the musical staging for \u003ci\u003eMiss Saigon \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e, and directed \u003ci\u003eA Chorus Line \u003c\/i\u003eon Broadway. He worked with the biggest names on Broadway, including Andrew Lloyd Webber, Carol Burnett, Jennifer Holliday, Patti LuPone, Elaine Stritch, and Glenn Close. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Candid, witty, sometimes shocking, and always entertaining, here at last is the ultimate up-close and personal insider's view from a front row seat at the creation of the biggest, brightest, and best Broadway musicals of the past fifty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bob Avian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496825888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496825889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Bob Avian","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986453430527,"sku":"9781496825889","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37e36748-a7af-4571-9ad6-868f41a9efb8.jpg?v=1683283432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dancing-man-bob-avian-9781496825889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}