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1978 MIRACULOUS 1979 ENCHANTING 1980 DELIGHTFUL 1981 DAZZLING 1982 MAGNETIC
1983 MAGNIFICENT 1984 BREATHTAKING 1985 EXCEPTIONAL 1986 ENTHRALLING 1987 BUBBLY
1988 STUPENDOUS 1989 ASTOUNDING 1990 CAPTIVATING 1991 MARVELOUS 1992 ASTONISHING
1993 SPARKLING 1994 CHARMING 1995 STUNNING 1996 INCREDIBLE 1997 EXQUISITE 1998 EXCELLENT
1999 STUNNING 2000 EXCELLENT 2001 ENERGETIC 2002 OUTSTANDING 2003 ACTIVE MELANCHOLY & SAD
Maggie Smith, Julie Andrews, Edward Albee, Brook Astor, Stephen Sondheim, Katharine Hepburn, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Lauren Bacall, Jennifer Lopez, Dorothy Loudon, John Houseman, Elaine Stritch, Maureen Stapleton, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Claudette Colbert, Angela Lansbury, Rue McClannahan, Al Hirschfeld, Helen Hayes
THIRTY YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY OR
TRYING TO MAKE THAT BROADWAY DREAM COME TRUE
There are simply not enough adjectives in the English language to describe my thirty magical years in NYC. This book takes you on a lively tour of each year. Welcome to my world.
About the author
It was in 1964, John Strangi, age eleven, was to visit New York City for the first time. His Father, Albert, would treat him to an entire week in the Big Apple, taking him to the New York Worlds Fair. He was to fall in love with the City instantly and swore to himself that he would one day make New York City his home. Its magic energy would totally captivate him.
The first Broadway show he would see would be in 1967 when he and his brother Albert were in NYC for a few days. They would see HELLO DOLLY starring Betty Grable. The evening was magical! The magic he felt in NYC three years earlier is as strong as ever.
His love for the theater came alive in high school. The smell of grease paint would capture him, landing him roles in THE KING AND I, WAIT UNTIL DARK, PLAZA SUITE, and MY FAIR LADY. Starring as Henry Higgins in MY FAIR LADY was a dream come true.
In New York City, he will study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the HB Studio in Greenwich Village, and from Emma Walton and Stephen Hamilton at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.
His dream of making it on Broadway was not to be, but he did work quite a bit in television and movies making him a lifelong member of SAG/AFTRA.
Simply living day to day in New York City, made John feel like a star.
