introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography, and what is it you love about the genre? first we have a professor in the graduate acting program at new york university s tish school of the arts with an affiliation in the graduate musical theater writing program, and is particularly interested in the history of broadway and of comedy. he has written biographies of xoeter richard rogers and p playwright. his most recent is a documentary film sammy davis jr. i ve got to be me. so, larry, tell us what has drawn you to biography. well, i may be a little different from the rest of the panel. my venue is really entertainment. so obviously in entertainment you re dealing with the public persona of performers, what they sang, what they danced, what they acted. and then, of course, what happens off stage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some
number, i think. so we have a lot of experience in this genre that we ve been drawn to and have an affinity for it in some way or another. so before we begin let me introduce the panelists and as i introduce each of you if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to buyography. and first we have larry masslon from the tish school of arts and as particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy and written biographies. richard rogers and playwright george f. coughlin in adisto other books. and the documentary film sammy davis jr., i gotta be me. so what has drawn you to buyography. hi. i may be different from the left of the panel. my venue is really entertainment. so, obviously, in entertainment, you re dealing with the public persona of performers, when they sang, danced and acted and, of course, what happens offstage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of what a performer did publ
the u.s. dedicated to showcasing african-american music. some of its incredible artifacts will be right here in studio 57. it s monday, february 17th, 2020. president s day. we begin this morning with today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. the tension for hundreds of americans brought over from japan. evacuees arrive in the u.s. u.s. officials revealed overnight 14 of those americans tested positive for the coronavirus. flooding hit mississippi. it could get worse. state of emergency was declared. this is a precarious situation that could turn at any moment. two people are dead after being trapped in an avalanche. three snowmobilers triggered the slide. president trump s re-election campaign kicked into high gear. gentlemen, start your engines! storm dennis hit large parts of the uk with entire towns submerged by floodwaters. all that j.j. watt busted a move with his grandmother. when was the last time you saw a shattered backboard. just r
c-span s campaign 2020. your unfiltered view of politics. this comes from purdue university with biographers looking at political history. this talk was part of a two-day conference called remaking political history. it s an hour and a half. welcome and thank you for attending our session on this beautiful friday afternoon. i will have to compete with the outdoors and hopefully we ll convince you that you ve made the right choice hanging out with us to talk about media and biography and political history. randy robert has written so many. you ve written half of our total number, i think. so we have a lot of experience in this genre. we ve obviously been drawn to it and have an affinity for it in some way or another. so before we again, let me introduce the panelists. and as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it you love about the genre. first we have larry maslin in the g
choice hanging out with us to biographiesedia and in political history. between the four of us we have written at least 17 biographies, it might be more than that, i was losing count because randy roberts had written so many, more than half of our total number. we have a lot of experience in this genre, we have been drawn to it and have an affinity for it in some way or another. panelists.oduce the as i introduce each of you, if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience, what was it that drew you to biography? what is it that you love about the genre? first we have larry, professor and in the graduate acting program in the new york university of the arts with an affiliate in the graduate musical theater writing program. he particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy, and has written the biography of richard roberts richard rogers and several other books. his most recent is a documentary film, sammy davis jr.: i gotta be me. what has drawn you