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Hopelessly Hollywood: My Dreamland Diary, from Small Town Extra to Musical Theatre King for a Day
Hopelessly Hollywood My Dreamland Diary from Small Town Extra to Musical Theatre King for a Day Author:David H. Lewis Follow Broadway dreamers David and Mike to Los Angeles, the two believing they are the next Rodgers and Hammerstein waiting to be discovered. Toiling in the shadows of Tinseltown, where on dozens of small stages eager young actors share spotlights with forgotten idols and new stars rising, the collaborators are soon cured of their heady illusio... more »ns. Author-playwright David Lewis evokes an amusing memoir of his years in that dream-drenched world ? amusing until the City of Angels sends the two dreamers down separate paths, one ultimately tragic. Hopelessly Hollywood is a story of the town?s seductive spell over Lewis ? from Bette Davis making a movie in his home town, to the night in Hollywood when he learned that his musical about the Ringling Brothers was Broadway bound. That?s what he was told. That?s what he read. And you can read all about it in this factually fascinating tale of life with real people in a real place ? otherwise famed for glitter, glory, hype and heartache, and star-studded scandals. Here is Hollywood laid bare. Hollywood with a soul.« less