The Show Won T Go On

Author : Jeff Abraham,Burt Kearns
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781641602204

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The Show Won't Go On by Jeff Abraham,Burt Kearns Pdf

There has never been a show business book quite like The Show Won't Go On, the first comprehensive study of a bizarre phenomenon: performers who died onstage. From the comedy magician who dropped dead on live television to the amateur thespian who expired during a play called The Art of Murder, the book is a celebration of lives both famous and obscure, as well as a dramatic and accurate recounting of events leading to the moments they died "doing what they loved." The Show Won't Go On covers almost every genre of entertainment and is full of unearthed anecdotes, exclusive interviews, colorful characters, and ironic twists. With dozens of heart-stopping stories, it's the perfect book to dip into on any page.

Author : John Mullen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317016120

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The Show Must Go On! Popular Song in Britain During the First World War by John Mullen Pdf

Using a collection of over one thousand popular songs from the war years, as well as around 150 soldiers’ songs, John Mullen provides a fascinating insight into the world of popular entertainment during the First World War. Mullen considers the position of songs of this time within the history of popular music, and the needs, tastes and experiences of working-class audiences who loved this music. To do this, he dispels some of the nostalgic, rose-tinted myths about music hall. At a time when recording companies and record sales were marginal, the book shows the centrality of the live show and of the sale of sheet music to the economy of the entertainment industry. Mullen assesses the popularity and significance of the different genres of musical entertainment which were common in the war years and the previous decades, including music hall, revue, pantomime, musical comedy, blackface minstrelsy, army entertainment and amateur entertainment in prisoner of war camps. He also considers non-commercial songs, such as hymns, folk songs and soldiers’ songs and weaves them into a subtle and nuanced approach to the nature of popular song, the ways in which audiences related to the music and the effects of the competing pressures of commerce, propaganda, patriotism, social attitudes and the progress of the war.

Author : Lesley Ward
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781620080122

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Let's Go to a Show by Lesley Ward Pdf

From the editor of Young Rider magazine, Let's Go to a Show is the ultimate guide to horse shows for young people. This book provides the answers to questions such as how to choose a class, how to calm show day jitters, and what kind of equipment to use. Easy to read and filled with color pictures, riders will learn everything they need to know to successfully compete in a horse show.

Author : Bernard Ross,Rus Slater
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781785380594

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The Show Must Go On by Bernard Ross,Rus Slater Pdf

"running away from home" aged 15 Bernard Ross joined a travelling funfair, this book follows his adventures as one of the last live funfair wrestlers in the UK

Author : ENY
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781477153130

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Why Must the Show Go On? by ENY Pdf

Everyone has had a buddy they could not forget. Neither time, nor death, nor distance can diminish some friendships, some connections. Ted Norman was already a middle aged man and ENY was in his twenties when they met. ENY was a "roadie" for a fairly well-known rock band, while Norman was a concert promoter for some of the great female divas of years, now pretty much, gone by. WHY MUST THE SHOW GO ON? written by ENY is an entertainingly, theatrical semi-historical memoir from quite literally the wings of the backstage, studio and sound recording booths, world tours and rehearsals that makes Ted Norman's audience a witness to the stark realities behind the headlines. It asks the burning question from his point of view and this book of memories as written by ENY, his close friend and confidant answers it as only a show business insider of long standing can possibly do. The time sequences in this memoir may be cloudy from time-worn memory, but it is all the way Norman remembered it as closely and accurately as possible.

Author : Shirley M. Odle
Publisher : Inspiring Voices
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462401642

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Show Me the Way to Go Home by Shirley M. Odle Pdf

A carefree and idyllic childhood during the Depression allowed author Shirley Odle, born Shirley Cross, to become a free-spirited and self willed young lady. While growing up in Washington, she benefited from the hard work and perseverance of her loving parents. They provided a strong family life for her, her sister Margie, and her brother Bob. One day, a chance invitation to a church service from a fellow employee of her father, changed her family and reset the course of her life. In this action packed memoir, she recounts her childhood experiences and teen years in loving detail. Introducing her college sweetheart Glen Odle, she recalls their shared experiences as he is drafted into the service during WWII. Marrying him in San Francisco, she follows him around the United States in exciting and challenging circumstances. Returning to the Pacific Northwest, Shirley continues her life story, sharing tales of her children and their growing up years. Through the years her belief in God remained, but Gods plans and Shirleys plans clashed, creating a life-long struggle. Guilt, forgiveness, and obedience spiral. God has been the centerpiece for her life, but sometimes the ups and downs of daily life baffled her. Show Me the Way to Go Home is Shirley Odles honest and heartwarming story of her life and the role God has played in each step of the way.

Author : Kim Sheard
Publisher : Siren-BookStrand
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781606015346

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The Show Must Go On by Kim Sheard Pdf

[BookStrand Contemporary Romance] Allyson Parker, the stereotypical shy librarian, finds an outlet for her wilder side by performing in community theater. There she can become someone else, someone infinitely more interesting and confident. Partnered in her first romantic lead with newcomer Matt Dauer, she begins to hope that life can imitate art. But can she overcome her bashfulness and self-doubts, cultivated by years of frequent relocations, in order to keep his interest? Matt moved to Washington, D.C. from Chicago to escape a cheating, diva ex-girlfriend, but he's now also far from his parents and two brothers. His greatest desire is to create a new family as close-knit as the one he left behind. He must return to that past, though, when his ex is involved in a serious car accident and he is called on to help. Will his benevolent act mean the end of his blossoming relationship with Allyson? ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781626862463

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Uncle John's Facts to Go Show Biz Blunders by Bathroom Readers' Institute Pdf

The famouser they are, the funnier they fall! Oops, they did it again. Whether it’s Tom Cruise going berserk on Oprah’s couch, Taylor Swift ending a relationship just so she can write a song, or Jennifer Lawrence falling at the Oscars—twice, when celebrities get involved, goofs are bound to happen. And those goofs take center stage in Showbiz Blunders, which includes several BRI classics along with some all-new hijinks from today’s (and yesterday’s) dimmest stars. So get ready to feel superior to folks who make way too much money as you read about… • Kooky stars: Shia LaBeouf apologizes for plagiarism via plagiarized statements and Tara Reid ponders where whale sharks come from • How to get fired from your own TV show • Hollywood’s biggest bombs: Jack and Jill, From Justin to Kelly, Battlefield Earth, and more • John Wayne as Genghis Kahn, possibly the most questionable casting decision ever • The day Johnny Cash accidentally burned down a forest • The fake reality of reality television • How the movie The Beach destroyed the beach it was filmed on • Eye-rolling movie bloopers—like digital watches in the Edwardian era • And the award goes to…oops! And much, much more!

Author : Douglas Snauffer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786455047

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The Show Must Go On by Douglas Snauffer Pdf

A powerful, behind-the-scenes look at some of America’s all-time favorite television programs during their darkest hours, this study examines how various hit series have absorbed the death of a lead actor during production. Although each television program eventually resumed production, the lead actor’s death in each case had a profound impact on the surviving cast and crew and the future of the show itself. Individual chapters explore the events surrounding the deaths of Freddie Prinze (Chico and the Man), John Ritter (8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter), Redd Foxx (The Royal Family), Nicholas Colasanto (Cheers), Phil Hartman (NewsRadio), and many others. Their stories are told through first-hand accounts by those who knew them best, including many of the most talented actors, producers, writers, and directors in television over the past forty years.

Author : Charles Dudley Warner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Egypt
ISBN : PSU:000019126456

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My Winter on the Nile by Charles Dudley Warner Pdf

Author : Beretta E. Smith-Shomade
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813553887

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Watching While Black by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade Pdf

Television scholarship has substantially ignored programming aimed at Black audiences despite a few sweeping histories and critiques. In this volume, the first of its kind, contributors examine the televisual diversity, complexity, and cultural imperatives manifest in programming directed at a Black and marginalized audience. Watching While Black considers its subject from an entirely new angle in an attempt to understand the lives, motivations, distinctions, kindred lines, and individuality of various Black groups and suggest what television might be like if such diversity permeated beyond specialized enclaves. It looks at the macro structures of ownership, producing, casting, and advertising that all inform production, and then delves into television programming crafted to appeal to black audiences—historic and contemporary, domestic and worldwide. Chapters rethink such historically significant programs as Roots and Black Journal, such seemingly innocuous programs as Fat Albert and bro’Town, and such contemporary and culturally complicated programs as Noah’s Arc, Treme, and The Boondocks. The book makes a case for the centrality of these programs while always recognizing the racial dynamics that continue to shape Black representation on the small screen. Painting a decidedly introspective portrait across forty years of Black television, Watching While Black sheds much-needed light on under-examined demographics, broadens common audience considerations, and gives deference to the the preferences of audiences and producers of Black-targeted programming.

Author : United States. National Labor Relations Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1502 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Labor laws and legislation
ISBN : OSU:32437011533136

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Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board by United States. National Labor Relations Board Pdf

Author : Kyoko Mori
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466876293

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Stone Field, True Arrow by Kyoko Mori Pdf

Maya Ishida is no stranger to sorrow. Torn from her artist father in her native Japan, raised by her cold, ambitious mother in Minneapolis, she has finally put together a life with few disruptions: a safe marriage and a quiet life weaving clothes in a country studio. The past is no more than a story she vaguely remembers; the present is a gray landscape of solitary pleasures and modest expectations. After her father dies, Maya is pulled back into the memory of their parting. In his many stories of Orpheus and Eurydice and of the tennyo, a mythic Japanese figure, he had taught her that love means making the sacrifice of letting go. And so she had walked away from him without looking back. Twenty-four years later, holding her father's last sketch, Maya knows she can avoid looking back no longer. She must question her placid marriage, her decision not to become an artist, and even the precarious peace she has made with her mother before she can be released--to feel passion, risk change, and fall in love. Kyoko Mori's young adult novel, Shizuko's Daughter, was hailed in The New York Times Book Review as "a jewel...one of those rarities that shine out only a few times in a generation." In Stone Field, True Arrow, her first novel for adults, she sheds brilliant light on eternal questions about life and love.

Author : Michael Parkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135911522

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Talk Show Campaigns by Michael Parkin Pdf

Over the past twenty years, presidential candidates have developed an entertainment talk show strategy in which they routinely chat with the likes of Oprah Winfrey, David Letterman, and Jon Stewart. In fact, between 1992 and 2012, there have been more than 200 candidate interviews on daytime and late night talk shows with nearly every presidential candidate—from long shot primary contender to major party nominee—hitting the talk show circuit at some point during the campaign. This book explores the development of the entertainment talk show strategy and assesses its impact on presidential campaigns. The chapters mix detailed narrative with extensive empirical data on audiences, content, viewer reaction, and press coverage to explain why candidates have embraced this strategy and the conditions under which these interviews are most likely to meet their expectations. The book also explores how these interviews can enhance campaigns by connecting a critical segment of the voting population with candidates who provide useful political information in a casual setting. Talk Show Campaigns shows that this is more than a gimmick—it’s a key part of how candidates communicate with voters, which reveals a lot about how campaigns have changed over the past two decades.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89128089471

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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts by Anonim Pdf