Go Into Your Dance: The Original Novel (The Novels of Bradford Ropes)

From the author of 42nd Street and Stage Mother, Bradford Ropes’ scandalous original novel is back after decades out of print!With a panoramic scope not attempted in his earlier novels of the Broadway stage, show biz insider Bradford Ropes throws the spotlight on one of those strange geniuses who become world-famous producers of musical extravaganzas. Ted Howard is vividly human, this Napoleon of the theatre, and from the moment he is first introduced as a stage-struck messenger boy, his life is a perpetual conflict between his restless ambition and his inherent weaknesses.His associates and friends urge him to be content with his latest triumph. But hoofing in the three-a-day seems another rut to him. So in time does his establishment of a dance team with that unusual discovery, Nora Wayne. He would rival the Florenz Ziegfelds and George Whites. He dreams of erecting a mighty theatrical cathedral and seeks the hand of the clever and haughty blueblood, Eunice Goddard.The ambitious showman, however, does not foresee that the Bull Market will come crashing about his head, together with other unexpected Act II reversals. But Ted Howard never forgets the old rallying slogan of his greasepaint days, that battle call of troupers – Go Into Your Dance! Read more