Fortune in My Eyes: A Memoir of Broadway Glamour, Social Justice, and Political Passion
He was Elizabeth Taylor's date to see 'Hamlet' starring Richard Burton, a mediator during the 1971 Attica prison riots and a founder of the Fortune Society, which helps former prisoners re-enter society. He produced plays about current and former inmates and, in his day jobs, was a theatrical press agent and a WBAI radio host. Now David Rothenberg has woven together the different roles of his career in a revealing and inspirational autobiography, 'Fortune in My Eyes: A Memoir of Broadway Glamour, Social Justice and Political Passion' (Applause, $29.99). The title is a play on a play (its own name inspired by a Shakespearean sonnet) about a young man's horrific prison experience. Mr. Rothenberg, a champion of unpopular causes, produced 'Fortune and Men's Eyes' when no one else would. His chatty memoir amounts to a profile in courage. --New York Times