{"product_id":"the-musical-worlds-of-lerner-loewe-9780803280403","title":"The Musical Worlds Of Lerner \u0026 Loewe","description":"\u003cp\u003eLyricist Alan Jay Lerner (191886) and composer Frederick Loewe (190188) wrote some of the most successful musical shows on Broadway and in motion-picture history: Brigadoon  My Fair Lady  Camelot  Gigi  and Paint Your Wagon. They worked with stars such as Rex Harrison  Julie Andrews  Richard Burton  Audrey Hepburn  Louis Jourdan  and Robert Goulet. Lerner was raised on Park Avenue  attended Choate and Harvard  lost sight in one eye from a boxing injury  and was legendary for his eight marriages and countless affairs on the side. Loewe was born in Berlin and in 1925 came to New York  where he played piano in silent-movie theaters. After a brief career as a boxer and then as a Montana cowboy  he returned to New York and to songwriting. In The Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe  Gene Lees has fashioned a readable  in-depth portrait of two creative talents: how they met and joined forces to create some of the finest musical theater  and also how marriages  legendary affairs  addictions  and backstage friction affected their art in many surprising ways.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45115367391285,"sku":"ByrdShop_0803280408","price":90.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780803280403.jpg?v=1776018569","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-musical-worlds-of-lerner-loewe-9780803280403","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}