French music hall is similar to vaudeville in it's origins and performers. Colette knew a great deal about this milieu, and she wrote about it with compassion and humor. Claire Luce and Julie Haydon Nathan, ardent devotees of Colette, recorded some of her lesser-known stories about backstage life in French music halls. The Broadway theater experiences of Luce and Haydon Nathan make these five autobiographical stories even more vivid for the listener.
French music hall is similar to vaudeville in it's origins and performers. Colette knew a great deal about this milieu, and she wrote about it with compassion and humor. Claire Luce and Julie Haydon Nathan, ardent devotees of Colette, recorded some of her lesser-known stories about backstage life in French music halls. The Broadway theater experiences of Luce and Haydon Nathan make these five autobiographical stories even more vivid for the listener.