Tag: Parade

September 15, 2024

Before the Parade Passes By Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical

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Free Download John Anthony Gilvey, "Before the Parade Passes By: Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0312337760 | EPUB | pages: 384 | 1.3 mb
During the Golden Age of the Broadway musical, few director-choreographers could infuse a new musical with dance and movement in quite the way Gower Champion could. From his earliest Broadway success with Bye Bye Birdie to his triumphant and bittersweet valedictory, 42nd Street, musicals directed by Champion filled the proscenium with life. At their best, they touched the heart and stirred the soul with a skillful blend of elegance and American showmanship.

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January 3, 2024

The Night Parade A Speculative Memoir [Audiobook]

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Free Download The Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BT6SGG5X | 2023 | 9 hours and 16 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 276 MB
Author: Jami Nakamura Lin
Narrator: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
Are these the only two stories? The one, where you defeat your monster, and the other, where you succumb to it? Jami Nakamura Lin spent much of her life feeling monstrous for reasons outside of her control. As a young woman with undiagnosed bipolar disorder, much of her adolescence was marked by periods of extreme rage and an array of psychiatric treatments, and her relationships suffered as a result, especially as her father’s cancer grasped hold of their family. As she grew older and learned to better manage her episodes, Lin became frustrated with the familiar pattern she found in mental illness and grief narratives, and their focus on recovery. She sought comfort in the stories she’d loved as a child-tales of ghostly creatures known to terrify in the night.

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