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"""Danny Newman has become a household word to America 's cultural institutions. A fantastic stream of ideas and brilliant articulation."" The Houston Chronicle ""We learn the way greater and lesser celebrities in the performing arts acted and lived in the lively arena of their times; we get to know directors, theater managers, producers, box office chiefs, press agents, critics, conductors, singers - in short, the entire show business empire. We are always right there with him, sharing his secrets through the many twists and turns of American cultural history."" Elise K. Kirk, author of American Opera ""Many of the events that are now 'legendary' in American operatic life are precisely that because Danny Newman knew an opportunity when he saw it and craftily arranged for photographers and journalists to be around at the right time. This book explains what was going through Mr. Newman's mind as he supervised the press coverage of, for example, Luciano Pavarotti's dismissal from Lyric Opera and Maria Callas's being served with a subpoena backstage. These are rich anecdotes told with considerable charm, warmth, and humor by one of American culture 's most lively figures."" James Wierzbicki, associate professor of musicology, University of Michigan ""Each short chapter in these reminiscences of [Newman's] colourful career centres on a personality and Newman's relationship with them... Newman provides us with the kind of intimate detail and racy anecdote you do not usually get... The thing that amazes when reading this book is: when did Newman ever find time to sleep?""--Classical Music, 12 April 2008"

Danny Newman has become a household word to America 's cultural institutions. A fantastic stream of ideas and brilliant articulation. The Houston Chronicle We learn the way greater and lesser celebrities in the performing arts acted and lived in the lively arena of their times; we get to know directors, theater managers, producers, box office chiefs, press agents, critics, conductors, singers - in short, the entire show business empire. We are always right there with him, sharing his secrets through the many twists and turns of American cultural history. Elise K. Kirk, author of American Opera Many of the events that are now 'legendary' in American operatic life are precisely that because Danny Newman knew an opportunity when he saw it and craftily arranged for photographers and journalists to be around at the right time. This book explains what was going through Mr. Newman's mind as he supervised the press coverage of, for example, Luciano Pavarotti's dismissal from Lyric Opera and Maria Callas's being served with a subpoena backstage. These are rich anecdotes told with considerable charm, warmth, and humor by one of American culture 's most lively figures. James Wierzbicki, associate professor of musicology, University of Michigan Each short chapter in these reminiscences of [Newman's] colourful career centres on a personality and Newman's relationship with them... Newman provides us with the kind of intimate detail and racy anecdote you do not usually get... The thing that amazes when reading this book is: when did Newman ever find time to sleep? --Classical Music, 12 April 2008

Danny Newman has become a household word to America 's cultural institutions. A fantastic stream of ideas and brilliant articulation. The Houston Chronicle We learn the way greater and lesser celebrities in the performing arts acted and lived in the lively arena of their times; we get to know directors, theater managers, producers, box office chiefs, press agents, critics, conductors, singers --in short, the entire show business empire. We are always right there with him, sharing his secrets through the many twists and turns of American cultural history. Elise K. Kirk, author of American Opera Many of the events that are now 'legendary' in American operatic life are precisely that because Danny Newman knew an opportunity when he saw it and craftily arranged for photographers and journalists to be around at the right time. This book explains what was going through Mr. Newman's mind as he supervised the press coverage of, for example, Luciano Pavarotti's dismissal from Lyric Opera and Maria Callas's being served with a subpoena backstage. These are rich anecdotes told with considerable charm, warmth, and humor by one of American culture 's most lively figures. James Wierzbicki, associate professor of musicology, University of Michigan Each short chapter in these reminiscences of [Newman's] colourful career centres on a personality and Newman's relationship with them... Newman provides us with the kind of intimate detail and racy anecdote you do not usually get... The thing that amazes when reading this book is: when did Newman ever find time to sleep? --Classical Music, 12 April 2008

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Danny Newman is a legendary press agent, the ""father"" of modern subscription sales, the longtime publicist for Chicago's Lyric Opera, consultant to the Ford Foundation, and the author of Subscribe Now! Building Arts Audiences through Dynamic Subscription Promotion.

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