The Siren's Tale by Anne Carlisle5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Moss Hart (1904-1961), who, with his partner George S. born Catherine Conn in 1914 to Joseph and Hortense Holtzman Conn, was married to one of Broadway’s boy wonders. The other is a daughter of his collaborator, a world-renowned writer whose name is known throughout the world for his wit and genius. These are two women of the American theater. Their reminiscences of life more than a half-century ago – and seemingly a world away from the magic of the Great White Way – amaze and amuse. With every word, every phrase, the air grows electric. Inside this elegant Manhattan apartment, though, all is still – except for the recollections of two women, one beautiful, the other handsome, whose lives are inextricably bound together, and tied to Broadway legends and, incredulous as it may seem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. ![]() Outside, down below, on the streets in this concrete canyon known as New York City, traffic roars, searing the frosty air with the screams of wailing sirens, the staccato of blaring taxi cab horns, and the shouts of frenzied (if not frightened) pedestrians. ![]() The late afternoon sun streams brightly through large windows, belying the simple fact that it is mid-February. ![]()
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