The Wrong Side of the Room A Life in Music Theater |
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Author:
| Mathews, Norman |
ISBN: | 978-1-7323671-1-1 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2018 |
Publisher: | Eburn Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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Norman Mathews was born in the wrong town, the wrong era, and with the wrong name.What's a boy to do? He conjured up a more enticing, imaginary world to better navigate theperils of childhood. Dreams of a life in the theater and of passionate romance were stymied bylack of self-assurance. Psychological abuse by a priest led to absurdly comic psychotherapyover his sexuality. At age twenty, a failed suicide nearly shattered a promising future. From theashes of this calamity rose a...
More DescriptionNorman Mathews was born in the wrong town, the wrong era, and with the wrong name.What's a boy to do? He conjured up a more enticing, imaginary world to better navigate theperils of childhood. Dreams of a life in the theater and of passionate romance were stymied bylack of self-assurance. Psychological abuse by a priest led to absurdly comic psychotherapyover his sexuality. At age twenty, a failed suicide nearly shattered a promising future. From theashes of this calamity rose a staggering resolve to build a meaningful life. Byzantine twistspaved the way to a career as an editor and eventually a life as a Broadway dancer. As aperformer, he worked with Barbra Streisand, Dorothy Lamour, and Gene Kelly. After an untimelyinjury, he reinvented himself as a pianist, composer, and playwright, for which he createdaward-winning works for top Broadway and concert-stage performers.His passionate and inspirational autobiography is steeped in dark humor, hilarious celebritygossip, and backstage intrigue. He brings his colorful Sicilian-American family, his triumphsand heartbreaks, and his mine-strewn path to fulfilling love vividly to life. This riveting drama isa paean to all late-bloomers, proof that no matter how many wrong cards you are dealt, it'spossible, with hope and tenacity, to come up with a winning hand.