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BOOKS ON THEATRE
 The Songwriter Goes to War is the story of Irving Berlin's World War II All-Army Production of This Is The Army, written by Alan Anderson, son of Maxwell Anderson with a Foreword by Mary Ellin Barrett, daughter of Irving Berlin.
Irving Berlin marked the First World War with a show that had a short run of 32 performances. The cast of Yip! Yip! Yaphank! was made up entirely of servicemen. The show is remembered for its song, “Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning.” This song and the idea of an all-service show resurfaced in the wake of the U.S. entry into World WarlI. Less than six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, This Is The Army opened at the Broadway Theatre. It was followed by an around-the-world tour of Army bases from the United States, to great Britan, Italy, Persia, the Philippines, and many ports of call in betweeen. Alan Anderson tells the story of a long lost tale of frontline show business that only he at the center could have attempted. How the show was put together sets the tone: a determined songwriter asking the impossible and getting it; a motley crew of recruits, some with experience, many more just full of pluck, molded into a musical comedy team; blacks and whites together in the first and only integrated division in the US Army. Episode by episode the saga unfolds…The book is published by Amadeus Press/Limelight Editions.
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CAREER TRANSITION FOR DANCERS
 Founded in 1985, CTFD has helped over 2,500 professional dancers, who seek assistance with identifying their unique talents in preparation for establishing new careers when dance is no longer an option.
The organization is providing one-on-one career counseling, at no cost, and has awarded over $1.7 million in educational scholarships for tuition and certification programs. CTFD also provides dancers with specialized services that include transition seminars and workshops; monthly group support in processing the emotional side of transition; career resource centers; a toll-free national hotline; a website; and the new National Networking Directory.
The Caroline & Theodore Newhouse Center for Dancers
165 West 46th Street, suite 701.
Phone: (212) 764-0172 / fax: (212) 764-0343
click for details: www.careertransition.org
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Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley have teamed up with colleagues Anita Waxman & Elizabeth Williams to form a new theatrical production company, Waxman / Williams / Lane / Comley to be known as WWLC.
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During the year 2002, Stewart and Bonnie were honored with the Tree of Life Award at the Jewish National Fund’s 100th Anniversary Gala. ALSO, Stewart won the Tony Award for his show, “Thoroughly Modern Mille.” ALSO, He is co-owner and co-operator of the Palace Theatre in New York City with the Nederlander Organization and was directly involved in the renovation and restoration of the theatre.
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Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts, a $37 million renovation has resulted in greatly expanded public areas including the installation of windows and skylights making the place feel warmer and more open. 30% of inventory are books. The rest ranges from makeup designs to classic ballets from press clippings to wax cylinders, and from antique programs to a music manuscript thought to be more than 950 years old. The library also holds the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound, the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, the Bruno Walter Auditorium, a music division, and a circulating collection where patrons can borrow books, magazines, sheet music, cassettes, DVDs, and compact disks.
The Broadway Theatre Archive has donated 300 Broadway productions, that had been taped originally for television, to the Museum of Television & Radio (25 West 52nd Street, NYC). The Museum was founded by William S. Paley to collect and preserve television and radio programs and to make them available to the public. From its inception in 1975, the Museum has organized exhibitions, screening and listening series, seminars, and education classes to showcase its collection of over 100,000 television and radio programs and advertisements.
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