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Subject(s)

• Rothenberg, David 1933- [Browse]
• Rothenberg, David 1933-—Friends and associates [Browse]
• Theater—New York (State)—New York—History—20th century [Browse]
• Theater—Production and direction—New York (State)—New York—Biography [Browse]
• Publicity—New York (State)—New York—Biography [Browse]
• Broadway (New York, N.Y.)—History—20th century [Browse]
• Fortune Society (New York, N.Y.) [Browse]
• New York (N.Y.)—Biography [Browse]
• Political activists—United States—Biography [Browse]
• Social justice—United States—History—20th century [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Autobiographies [Browse]

Summary note

David Rothenberg's multilayered life thrust him into Broadway's brightest lights, prison riots, political campaigns, civil rights sit-ins, and a Central American civil war. In his memoir, Fortune in My Eyes, his journey includes many of the most celebrated names in the theater: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Sir John Gielgud, Charles Boyer, Peggy Lee, Eartha Kitt, Charles Laughton, Alvin Ailey, and numerous others. David produced an Off-Broadway prison drama, Fortune and Men's Eyes, which reshaped his life. John Herbert's chilling play led directly to the creation of the Fortune Society, which has evolved into one of the nation's most formidable advocacy and service organizations in criminal justice. David was Elizabeth Taylor's opening night date at the Richard Burton Hamlet - a distant cry from his entering Attica prison during that institution's famed inmate uprising...just two of the experiences revealed in this memoir. As a theater publicist and producer - and as a social activist - he shares experiences with presidents (JFK and Bill Clinton) and with anonymous men and women, out of prison, who have fought to reclaim their lives. The human drama of the formerly incarcerated is a match for many of the entertainment world's most fabled characters.

Notes

Includes index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Attica
• Danny Hogan
• The Theater
• Broadway
• Fortune and Men's Eyes
• The Fortune Society
• Early Years
• Stories
• Prisons
• Homo
• Social Change
• Candidate and Transition
• Retired
• The Fortune Academy
• The Castle : A Play
• Snapshots
• Senescence.

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ISBN

• 9781557839268
• 1557839263

LCCN

^^2012030166

OCLC

781680072

RCP

H - S

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