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    Act One: from the Autobiography by Moss Hart
    Act One: from the Autobiography by Moss Hart
    Act One: from the Autobiography by Moss Hart
    Audiobook1 hour

    Act One: from the Autobiography by Moss Hart

    Written by James Lapine

    Narrated by Paul Culos, Heidi Dippold, Andre Sogliuzzo and

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    A boy from the Bronx becomes the toast of Broadway. Moss Hart’s classic stage autobiography is brought to life, with his son Christopher directing, in a story that illuminates the early years of one of theater’s great humorists.

    An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring:

    Paul Culos as Eddie, Sam Harris, and Regan
    Heidi Dippold as Lillie Hart, Dorothy Parker
    Jake Green as Irving, Slimowitz
    Jane Kaczmarek as Aunt Kate, Beatrice Kaufman, Frieda Fishbein
    Anna Mathias as Edna Ferber, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Rosenbloom
    Andre Sogliuzzo as Jed Harris, Augustus Pitou, Max Siegel
    Daniel David Stewart as Mossy, Bernie, Dore
    Mark Jude Sullivan as Moss
    Jon Tenney as Hart, Father, Kaufman

    Other roles played by members of the company.

    Original Music by Louis Rosen from his Broadway score
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL.A. Theatre Works
    Release dateSep 15, 2017
    ISBN9781682660461
    Act One: from the Autobiography by Moss Hart
    Author

    James Lapine

    James Lapine is a preeminent director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He is the recipient of three Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical (Passion, Falsettos, Into the Woods), as well as nine Tony Award nominations, five Drama Desk Awards, a Pulitzer Prize in Drama, and a Peabody Award, among other honors. He has also been inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the Mr. Abbott Award for lifetime achievement in theater.

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