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5 Ratings

2.6

Duration
1H 49min
Language
English
Format
Category

Lyric & Poetry

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.

Sound Effects Artist, Aaron Lyons. Production Manager, Katie Friesen. Music Supervisor, Ronn Lipkin. Associate Producer, Anna Lyse Erikson. Editor, Wesley Dewberry. Sound Designer, Recording and Mixing Engineer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Directed by Christopher Hart.

© 2017 L.A. Theatre Works (Audiobook): 9781682660461

Release date

Audiobook: September 15, 2017

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