{"product_id":"somewhere-the-life-of-jerome-robbins-paperback","title":"Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmanda Vaill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eEverybody Was So Young\u003c\/i\u003e, the definitive and major biography of the great choreographer and Broadway legend Jerome Robbins\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo some, Jerome Robbins was a demanding perfectionist, a driven taskmaster, a theatrical visionary; to others, he was a loyal friend, a supportive mentor, a generous and entertaining companion and colleague. Born Jerome Rabinowitz in New York City in 1918, Jerome Robbins repudiated his Jewish roots along with his name only to reclaim them with his triumphant staging of \u003ci\u003eFiddler on the Roof\u003c\/i\u003e. A self-proclaimed homosexual, he had romances or relationships with both men and women, some famous--like Montgomery Clift and Natalie Wood--some less so. A resolutely unpolitical man, he was forced to testify before Congress at the height of anti-Communist hysteria. A consummate entertainer, he could be paralyzed by shyness; nearly infallible professionally, he was conflicted, vulnerable, and torn by self-doubt. Guarded and adamantly private, he was an inveterate and painfully honest journal writer who confided his innermost thoughts and aspirations to a remarkable series of diaries and memoirs. With ballets like \u003ci\u003eDances at a Gathering\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfternoon of a Faun\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Concert, \u003c\/i\u003e he humanized neoclassical dance; with musicals like \u003ci\u003eOn the Town\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGypsy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e, he changed the face of theater in America. \u003cbr\u003eIn the pages of this definitive biography, Amanda Vaill takes full measure of the complicated, contradictory genius who was Jerome Robbins. She re-creates his childhood as the only son of Russian Jewish immigrants; his apprenticeship as a dancer and Broadway chorus gypsy; his explosion into prominence at the age of twenty-five with the ballet \u003ci\u003eFancy Free\u003c\/i\u003e and its Broadway incarnation, \u003ci\u003eOn the Town\u003c\/i\u003e; and his years of creative dominance in both theater and dance. She brings to life his colleagues and friends--from Leonard Bernstein and George Balanchine to Robert Wilson and Robert Graves--and his loves and lovers. And she tells the full story behind some of Robbins's most difficult episodes, such as his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee and his firing from the film version of \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on thousands of pages of documents from Robbins's personal and professional papers, to which she was granted unfettered access, as well as on other archives and hundreds of interviews, \u003ci\u003eSomewhere \u003c\/i\u003eis a riveting narrative of a life lived onstage, offstage, and backstage. It is also an accomplished work of criticism and social history that chronicles one man's phenomenal career and places it squarely in the cultural ferment of a time when New York City was truly \"a helluva town.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerome Robbins (born Jerome Rabinowitz in 1918) was one of the most important figures in American dance and musical theater in the twentieth century. He was the Co-Artistic Director with George Balanchine of the fledgling New York City Ballet in 1948, bringing Broadway vernacular energy to complement Balanchine's austere classicism and choreographing such classic ballets as \"Facsimile, \"Dance at a Gathering, and \"Afternoon of a Faun. His ballet to a score by Leonard Bernstein, \"Fancy Free, electrified the dance world and would transmogrify into the immortal musical \"On the Town. On Broadway, he choreographed \"The King and I, \"The Pajama Game, \"Bells Are Ringing, and \"Peter Pan, and choreographed and directed \"West Side Story--probably his most enduring achievement. In his private life he was an ambivalent, semi-closeted homosexual and his cooperation with the McCarthy committee during the witch-hunts of the 1950s estranged him from many of his closest friends. He was an artistic giant whose life embodied many of the tensions and contradictions of the American century. He exemplified, in his life no less than his work, the flowering of American in the mid-twentieth century -in particular the emergence of New York as the capital of world culture. \u003cbr\u003e\"Somewhere by Amanda Vaill is the first and only book with access to the Robbins papers, a voluminous collection of letters, diaries, notebooks, memos, and production notes that form an unrivaled archive of a singular man's life and a singular moment in our cultural history. Supremely accomplished and entertaining, it not only chronicles Robbins's phenomenal career and plumbs his complex private life but will place him squarely in thecultural ferment of his time and his native city. It explains the tangle of contradictions that made him such an infuriating, fascinating, oddly vulnerable human being and such a protean creative figure, and offers a densely populated narrative that will draw readers in and along. \"Somewhere is a major biography of a true entertainment legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAMANDA VAILL\u003c\/b\u003e i is the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eEverybody Was So Young\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award in biography, and \u003ci\u003eSomewhere\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received a Guggenheim Fellowship. A publisher and editor for more than twenty years, she has written on arts and culture for \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBallet Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.05 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52466271289651,"sku":"9780767904216","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/b1f4AJZd059780767904216.webp?v=1759315991","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/somewhere-the-life-of-jerome-robbins-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}