Footnotes: A Memoir
Broadway icon Tommy Tune rummages through the packed attic of his eventful life as a nine-time Tony-winning dancer, director, and choreographer for his colorful memoir,Footnotes. Tune brings forth a surprising amount of grit from the glitter and froufrou, plus several startlingly graphic passages. His Texas boyhood amid supportive parents lead to a quick rise in the world of 1970s Broadway, and brought this modern-day Fred Astaire to success at the helm of shows such asNine,My One and Only,Grand Hotel,andThe Club. There are regrets, philosophy, affairs with men and women, and soft-focus reminiscences ofFred Astaire,Gene Kelly,Agnes de Mille, and others. But behind it all he reveals an unaccountable feeling of emptiness and hunger for light, movement, and beauty. A sidelining foot injury in 1995 left him in the reflective mood conveyed inFootnotes, but Tune's story isn't over yet.