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MEMORIES,
AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY STAGE LEGEND ELAINE PAIGE,
PUBLISHED BY OBERON BOOKS IN UK,
TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN US BY TCG
Book Signing Event with Q and A
Session
To Take Place at
Barnes & Noble/Lincoln Triangle
Wednesday,
Sept. 22, at 7:30 PM
Elaine Paige OBE,
the beloved star of both West End and Broadway
musical theatre, celebrated 40 years
on stage in September 2008. To mark the occasion,
the UK’s
Oberon
Books published
Memories,
with a foreword by Andrew Lloyd
Webber, in which Elaine, in her own words,
tells the story of her remarkable stage career and
shows why she remains an enduringly popular
international star.
The ‘First Lady of West End Musical
Theatre’ shares memories of her journey from
childhood in Barnet, through drama school and her
appearance in the film of
Oliver!
to her starring roles in some of the most
iconic and successful shows of the modern era,
including
Evita
and
Cats (originating the lead roles in both),
Chess, Hair, and
Sunset
Boulevard. Along the way, she tells of
her many famous collaborators and leading men, among
them Andrew Lloyd Webber, Björn
Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of Abba
and Michael Crawford.
Memories,
which is distributed in the US by Theatre
Communications Group, will be
introduced at a Book Signing Event at the Barnes
& Noble’s/Lincoln Triangle store, 1972 Broadway
at West 66th Street, on Wednesday,
September 22, at 7:30 PM. The event will feature
a Q and A with Elaine conducted by theatre columnist
Peter Filichia. The book retails for $41.95.
Elaine continues to work at a furious
pace. She is currently in the United States
recording a new album with legendary record producer
Phil Ramone, tentatively titled “Elaine and Friends”
while preparing for her North American concert debut
at The Music Box Theater at the Borgata Hotel Casino
& Spa on Saturday, September 25, at 9 PM.
Elaine Paige Book Signing Event at
B&N
September
2008 marked the 40th anniversary of
Elaine’s West End debut and was celebrated with a
sold-out international celebratory concert tour
across the world,
entitled Elaine Paige Celebrating 40 Years On
Stage, including stops in Scandinavia,
the UK, Ireland,
New Zealand, Australia and China. The concert was
filmed for DVD release in March 2010, and a TV
special of the recorded performance was broadcast in
the United States over PBS in June 2010.
This year
marks the sixth anniversary of her hugely successful
weekly BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday,
a program devoted to musical theatre, film music and
interviews that continues to delight audiences of
over 2-million listeners each week in the UK alone
with its mix of music, competitions and interviews
with show business luminaries.
Elaine is also one of the UK’s most
successful theatrical recording artists ever, with
multiple gold and platinum selling discs amongst her
21 solo albums. Lavishly illustrated with pictures
of Elaine in her most famous roles – Eva Peron,
Grizabella in Cats, Edith Piaf and Norma
Desmond in Sunset Boulevard – Memories
is the perfect book for fans of Elaine Paige and of
modern Musical Theatre.
(Oberon
Books are exclusively distributed in the US by
Theatre Communications Group. Book trade orders can
be placed by calling Consortium Book Sales and
Distribution:
800-283-3572. Individuals may order
by calling Theatre Communications Group at
212-609-5900 or visiting their online
bookstore at
www.tcg.org.)
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