Act One: An Autobiography

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Moss Hart’s Act One, which Lincoln Center Theater presented in 2014 as a play written and directed by James Lapine, is among the great American memoirs, a glorious memorial to a bygone age filled with the entire wonder, drama, and heartbreak that surrounded Broadway in the early twentieth century. Hart’s story inspired a generation of theatergoers, dramatists, and readers in all places as he eloquently chronicled his impoverished childhood and his long, decided struggle to achieve the opening night of his first Broadway hit. Act One is the quintessential American success story.
Moss Hart used to be in the thick of American theater when everyone wore black tie on opening night and the world’s most witty people entertained each other around a grand piano at late-night supper parties. It’s an era of glamour which will never come again, but we have Hart’s words on paper, and that may be no small thing. A renowned director and theatrical collaborator, the brilliant Hart died too soon after the curtain went up on Act Two. If you wish to know what it used to be like to be on the inside track in NYC in the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, here is a good place to find out.

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