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Funny Woman: The Life and Times of Fanny Brice
Grossman, Barbara W.
2001 54548 Fanny Brice (1891-1951) was a truly popular entertainer, with a career that spanned four decades. She was a hit in almost every branch of American show business--burlesque and vaudeville, drama and musical revues (including nine Ziegfeld follies) film and radio. Z Fannly Brice (1891-1951), best known as havoc-raising Baby Snooks to millions of radio fans in the last 14 years of her 40-year career, is portrayed in Grossman's entertaining, scrupulously documented study as an indefatigably versatile comedienne who owed her success to facility in adpating to new media; to her self-deprecating, often brash humor; to a superb mimetic gift; and to an ear for Yiddish and other dialects drawn from her New York ghetto and Coney Island childhood years. The author, board member of the American Repertory Theatre in Boston, contends that while legends--part fact, part fiction--of Brice's rise to fame from burlesque to Ziegfield Follies and Shubert and Belasco stardom were fostered both by her family and by Brice herself, it was talent and determination that won her a place as a major comic in a male-dominated field. However, neither talent, determination nor legend-building sufficed to fulfill Brice's dream of being recognized as a dramatic actress. Photos not seen by PW. Jewish Book Club selection. (Apr.) Library Journal To the younger generation, comedian Brice is remembered (if at all) by Barbra Streisand's portrayal of her in the musical Funny Girl . Brice's career spanned 40 years, from vaudeville to radio, where she spent the last 14 years of her life as ``Baby Snooks.'' She tried unsuccessfully to work in serious drama and films, but did her best work as a singer and comic in the Ziegfield Follies. Grossman, a member of the Board of the Harvard Theatre Collection, tries to reconstruct Brice's comedy style by analyzing the materials she used, describing her antics, and reviewing her act. She provides thorough research despite the difficulties in sorting through many inconsistencies in Brice's own statements. The first biography of Brice since Norman Katkov's Fabulous Fanny ( LJ 2/1/53), this definitive work will be useful in large theater collections.-- Marcia L. Perry, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Mass. Synopsis Fanny Brice (1891-1951) was a truly popular entertainer, with a career that spanned four decades. She was a hit in almost every branch of American show business--burlesque and vaudeville, drama and musical revues (including nine Ziegfeld follies) film and radio. Publishers Weekly Brice (1891-1951), best known as havoc-raising Baby Snooks to millions of radio fans in the last 14 years of her 40-year career, is portrayed in Grossman's entertaining, scrupulously documented study as an indefatigably versatile comedienne who owed her success to facility in adpating to new media; to her self-deprecating, often brash humor; to a superb mimetic gift; and to an ear for Yiddish and other dialects drawn from her New York ghetto and Coney Island childhood years. The author, board member of the American Repertory Theatre in Boston, contends that while legends--part fact, part fiction--of Brice's rise to fame from burlesque to Ziegfield Follies and Shubert and Belasco stardom were fostered both by her family and by Brice herself, it was talent and determination that won her a place as a major comic in a male-dominated field. However, neither talent, determination nor legend-building sufficed to fulfill Brice's dream of being recognized as a dramatic actress. Indiana University Press 0253207622 / 9780253207623
Soft Cover New Condition Bloomington, IN out of Print
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