http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/07/20/the-gentleman-press-agent/ Washington DC's Liveliest Theater Website Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/07/20/the-gentleman-press-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-12866 Brad Hathaway Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:51:19 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/?p=18050#comment-12866 It isn't often that a reviewer gets a response not from the author of a book he has reviewed but from the subject! Mr. Debuseky: I appreciate your coming to the defense of the author. The tone of your comment proves that Mr. Simonson picked the perfect title for his book "The Gentleman Press Agent." Thanks for taking the time to add to our readers' understanding of your unique career. Brad Hathaway It isn’t often that a reviewer gets a response not from the author of a book he has reviewed but from the subject! Mr. Debuseky: I appreciate your coming to the defense of the author. The tone of your comment proves that Mr. Simonson picked the perfect title for his book “The Gentleman Press Agent.” Thanks for taking the time to add to our readers’ understanding of your unique career.
Brad Hathaway

]]> http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/07/20/the-gentleman-press-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-12756 Merle Debuskey Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:42:59 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/?p=18050#comment-12756 Mr. Hathaway, Thanks for troubling to take note of Simonson's latest book. Yes, there are many,many untold Broadway and off-Broadway stories yet to be told. They exist in each and every show produced. Given the extraordinary obstacles, the complexity,each is a veritable miracle. People who work in the theatre are a noble breed, rare indeed in today's society. Opportunities for an assignment are very few and the talent seeking them are manifold and the competition keen. Yet those seeking them are dedicated, and well schooled - persisting even though the work, when attained, can terminate on the first Saturday after the opening. Unemployment looms behind every opening. We do differ on the relativeness of the political elements included. They are there because I insisted they be included. They were born out of my theatre press agenting and were an endemic element in the life in the theatre. As the subject of the book, I applaud Simonson' efforts to contain in the pages allowed a fair representation of a half century's fortunate activity. Boy, can you just imagine the untold stories buried neath the political detritus that surrounds you in D.C. Mr. Hathaway, Thanks for troubling to take note of Simonson’s latest book. Yes, there are many,many untold Broadway and off-Broadway stories yet to be told. They exist in each and every show produced. Given the extraordinary obstacles, the complexity,each is a veritable miracle. People who work in the theatre are a noble breed, rare indeed in today’s society. Opportunities for an assignment are very few and the talent seeking them are manifold and the competition keen. Yet those seeking them are dedicated, and well schooled – persisting even though the work, when attained, can terminate on the first Saturday after the opening. Unemployment looms behind every opening. We do differ on the relativeness of the political elements included. They are there because I insisted they be included. They were born out of my theatre press agenting and were an endemic element in the life in the theatre. As the subject of the book, I applaud Simonson’ efforts to contain in the pages allowed a fair representation of a half century’s fortunate activity. Boy, can you just imagine the untold stories buried neath the political detritus that surrounds you in D.C.

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