Lee Davis (2)
Author of Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern: The Men Who Made Musical Comedy
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Lee Davis is a biographer, journalist, playwright, musical theatre historian and consulltant, stage director and educator. A lecturer on the American musical theatre at Long Island University's Southampton Campus and Suffolk Community College, and a theatre critic for several Long Island show more newspapers, Davis currently makes his home in Westhampton, N.Y. show less
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Jerome Kern (music), Guy Bolton (book), and P.G. Wodehouse (lyrics) basically invented American musical theatre in the 1920s and 30s. They worked all together, or in various combinations on over thirty shows throughout their lives.
Lee Davis documents the trials, travails, and rewards of creating Broadway, West End, and even Off Broadway shows. He talks about the many personalities involved – actors, producers, directors. He also details the personal lives of the three, and follows their show more family histories.
Their forays into Hollywood and the film industry are also noted, as are Wodehouse’s problems in WWII, when he was interned by the Germans while living in France, and how his failure to hate anyone was perceived as collaborating with the Nazis.
A fascinating book for anyone interested in the history of American musical theatre. show less
Lee Davis documents the trials, travails, and rewards of creating Broadway, West End, and even Off Broadway shows. He talks about the many personalities involved – actors, producers, directors. He also details the personal lives of the three, and follows their show more family histories.
Their forays into Hollywood and the film industry are also noted, as are Wodehouse’s problems in WWII, when he was interned by the Germans while living in France, and how his failure to hate anyone was perceived as collaborating with the Nazis.
A fascinating book for anyone interested in the history of American musical theatre. show less
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