Mordden, 58, has written eight novels of modern gay life, including the popular buddies series. Erected to house a tony family, the building had been sold and hired out. The preeminent historian of the american musical new york times, he brings boundless energy and enthusiasm buttressed by an arsenal of smart anecdotes wall. The gishes go acalling and find the triangle girls at home by joan.
Mordden pulls no punches as he presents a compelling assortment of quirky. Morddens 1995 novel how long has this been going on. With dozens of characters in locations from new york to l. Ethan mordden born 1947 is a prolific american author and musical theater researcher. Garrison keillor, the other day, quoted an author whod said, the novel is the answer to the question, what is it about. Waves an anthology of new gay fiction ethan mordden. I belong to this club were we meet and play tapes of singers and try to stump each other, and no one in that group is an opera queen. Ethan mordden author of how long has this been going on. Under no circumstances should one read the final chapter before digesting. From the author of the buddies trilogy and a regular contributor to the new yorker. My love affair with harlem street life and the men who ruled it by ms. The hollywood studios by ethan mordden 1988 lillian gish.
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Ethan mordden books list of books by author ethan mordden. When broadway went to hollywood ebook by ethan mordden. Ethan mordden has been a dominant figure in the historiography of theater. Personal quotes 2 bertolt brecht never stopped stealing, never stopped screaming, and never stopped stooging for the totalitarian crushing of the human spirit, as long as the crushing was performed by communists. His writing has appeared in the new york times, the. Beginning in 1949 and moving to the present day, mordden puts a unique and innovating spin on modern history. Ethan mordden has revealed to us not only the studios, but a whole time and place.
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Some men are lookers, ethan morddens much lauded fourth volume in his buddies cycle, follows the exploits of his bestloved charactersdennis savage, little kiwi, carlo, the elfchild cosgrove, and narrator bud. No explanation, no fallout, not even a dental retainer. An adventurous, adroit, and fascinating novel by one of the finest gay writers of our time. How long has this been going on stonewall inn editions mordden, ethan on. The last in the series breaks the mould in that a harsher reality creeps in. Each story is a vignette of an aspect of new york gay life, rarely comfortable, often challenging but always replete with human sympathy. Ethan mordden is the author of dozens of books, both fiction and nonfiction, including the buddies cycle beginning with ive a feeling were not in kansas anymore. Blending the comic, the sexy, and the at once idealistic and realistic, these stories. How long has this been going on ebook by ethan mordden. The storyline of ethan morddens how long has this been going on.
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The form had been running on empty for too long, as a formula for the assembly of spare partsstar comics, generic love songs, rumba dancers, ethel merman. For ethan mordden, the closing night of the hit musical, 42nd st. After that, big orchestras, real voices, recognizable books and intelligent lyrics went out the window in favor of cats, helicopters. The hero, mark, is a gay man, or a man who is going to be gay, expressing himself through a connection with the diva. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. In this, the first volume in ethan morddens acclaimed trilogy on manhattan gay life, he introduces a small group of friendsdennis savage, little kiwi, carlos, and the narrator, budand chronicles their exploration of the new world of gay life and the. Its been twenty years since that early wave of gay fiction appeared classics such as.
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Ethan mordden is an actor and writer, known for reel radicals. According to morddens ive a feeling were not in kansas anymore sweeping. Ethan mordden audio books, best sellers, author bio. The prolific writerhistorian ethan mordden discusses his new book the guest list. All but one of the principal characters are gay or lesbian. Ethan mordden has been hailed as a sharpeared listener and a discerning critic, by opera news, which compares his books to dinner with a knowledgeable, garrulous companion. As author ethan mordden looks back at chicagos various moving parts, we learn how the american theater serves as a kind of alternative news medium, a town crier warning the public about the racy, devious interior contradictions of american society. Why has it taken me until now to read ethan mordden. If rodgers and hammerstein hadnt existed, broadway would have had to invent them. Ethan mordden is a recognized expert on american musical theater and the author of when broadway went to hollywood, anything goes, beautiful mornin, coming up roses, and sondheim.
Author and theater historian ethan mordden discusses his latest book, on sondheim. In open a new window, ethan mordden continues his history of the broadway musical with the decade that bridged the gap between the romantic, fanciful entertainments of the fifties, such as call me, madam, to the seventies when sophisticated fare, such as a little night music and follies, was commonplace. In when broadway went to hollywood, writer and celebrated steward of musical theatre ethan mordden directs his unmistakable wit and whimsy to these challenging questions and more, charting the volatile and galvanizing influence of broadway on hollywood and vice versa throughout the twentieth century. With an encyclopedic knowledge of show business history, mordden explains how, once sound was integrated into movies in the late 1920s, top broadway songwriters were lured to hollywood by the prospect of riches far exceeding those offered to composers and writers in the theater. How manhattan defined american sophistication from the algonquin round table.
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