Collision
Subtitle: when reality and illusion collide
By: Ron Bruguiere
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781456725235; 9781456725259
Subjects: Theatrical managers; Theater; Gay men; Theater management; Biography; History
Notes: Includes index.

"In this seriocomical look at life, with a who's who in the theater during the 1960s and 70s, attend the final days of the Golden Age of Theater and the beginnings of its new sounds - Hair and Company. You will read about Carold Channing prior to her acclaim in Hello, Dolly! Liza Minelli's stage debut and Judy Garland's final stage appearance. Be a spectator during Hair's first year. Reach for something other than a glass of Remy Martin as you watch cognac shatter a relationship with Maggie Smith...Be a witness to Deborah Kerr's strength knowing that she's in a failed play, and Billy Dee Williams, the then hot-hunk with the chiseled body, take on the rold of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Also appearing (in order of appearance) are Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Barbra Streisand, Barbara Cook, Stan Getz, Ethel Merman, Fred Astaire, Elaine Stritch, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, James Baldwin, Kim Stanley, Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, Fidel Castro, Doris Day, and Mae West...You'll see reality warp into illusion, then comprehend how a young boy, whose own family turned to illusion during World War II, spiraled to drugs and alcohol at adulthood. You'll also view that young gay man, who ignored reality in favor of illusion, immurse himself into a dark hole whose force of gravity was so intense that escape seemed improbable" -- P. [4] of cover.