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I'm behind anybody 100% who quotes Cole Porter. And by the way, what a writer Kanfer is! I'm thinking seriously of trusting him wth my life. -- Elaine Stritch, former Broadway diva ...celebrates past and present theater notables who made Broadway the heart of showbiz. Publishers Weekly Entertainingly rendered examination...a marvelous writer...Lots of good stuff packed into a tight little book. Blue Ridge Business Journal Mr. Kanfer's essays...are filled with such piquant biographical detail. -- Erich Eichman The Wall Street Journal An outstanding, lively history, this will appeal to any collection strong in Broadway history and analysis. Internet Bookwatch This book offers an affectionate glance back at several of the major figures whose work has impacted the development of New York's theatre world into an institution of mythic proportions. New Theatre Quarterly The book is a useful and successful effort to inform the present American public about the giants who legitimized vaudeville and the musical on the New York stage and consequently elsewhere. Journal of American Culture

I'm behind anybody 100% who quotes Cole Porter. And by the way, what a writer Kanfer is! I'm thinking seriously of trusting him wth my life. -- Elaine Stritch, former Broadway diva ...celebrates past and present theater notables who made Broadway the heart of showbiz. Publishers Weekly Entertainingly rendered examination...a marvelous writer...Lots of good stuff packed into a tight little book. Blue Ridge Business Journal Mr. Kanfer's essays...are filled with such piquant biographical detail. -- Erich Eichman The Wall Street Journal An outstanding, lively history, this will appeal to any collection strong in Broadway history and analysis. Internet Bookwatch This book offers an affectionate glance back at several of the major figures whose work has impacted the development of New York's theatre world into an institution of mythic proportions. New Theatre Quarterly The book is a useful and successful effort to inform the present American public about the giants who legitimized vaudeville and the musical on the New York stage and consequently elsewhere. The Journal of American Culture

Mr. Kanfer's essays...are filled with such piquant biographical detail.--Erich Eichman Wall Street Journal

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Stefan Kanfer's writings and criticism have appeared in most major publications, and his more recent books include Stardust Lost: A History of the Yiddish Theater; Ball of Fire, about the sources of Lucille Ball's comedy; Groucho; and The Last Empire, a social history of the De Beers diamond company. At Time magazine for more than twenty years, he is now a contributing editor of City Journal and a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library. He lives in Hastings on Hudson, New York.

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