Before the Parade Passes By

A biography of the Tony Award–winning director-choreographer from Broadway’s Golden Age. “Packed with detail, anecdotes and insight, this look at director-choreographer Champion’s work leaves no step unturned…. Gilvey reaches the top shelf of high-kicking Broadway biographies.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) During the Golden Age of the Broadway musical, few director-choreographers could infuse a new musical with dance and movement in quite the way Gower Champion could. From his earliest Broa