Dancing Through Life A Broadway Memoir of Luck and Talent

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Dancing Through Life

A Broadway Memoir of Luck and Talent

Larry Fuller | Kergan Edwards-Stout

Performing Arts / Theater / Broadway & Musicals

"Larry Fuller's career has spanned some of the most influential and transformative moments in musical theater history." - Stage and Cinema

Dancing Through Life
is an intimate, electrifying memoir that pulls back the curtain on Broadway's most dazzling decades-told by a man who didn't just witness history, but helped create it. From his modest beginnings in Missouri to the bright lights of New York's most celebrated stages, Larry Fuller's journey is one of grit, instinct, and relentless reinvention.

With disarming honesty and sharp wit, Fuller charts his evolution from chorus dancer to sought-after choreographer, working alongside legends like Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Elizabeth Taylor, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon, and Nathan Lane. He offers a rare insider's view of iconic productions including West Side Story and The Music Man, capturing the artistry, ego, and pressure that defined a golden age of musical theatre.

More than just a backstage chronicle, this is a deeply personal story of identity and survival. As a gay man navigating mid-20th-century America, Fuller reveals the quiet negotiations required to live authentically in a world that often demanded silence. At its emotional core are his previously unspoken relationships with two titans of Broadway-Hal Prince and Michael Bennett-shedding new light on the complex intersections of power, creativity, and intimacy behind the scenes.

Rich with revelation, warmth, and hard-won insight, Dancing Through Life preserves a vanishing era through the eyes of one of its last living witnesses. It is both a love letter to the theatre and a testament to the courage it takes to claim your place within it.

Larry Fuller is an American dancer, choreographer, and director whose career spans Broadway, the West End, major European stages, film, and television. He began as a performer in landmark productions including West Side Story, Carousel, The Music Man, and Funny Girl, working alongside influential artists such as Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse. These early experiences grounded him in the golden-age musical tradition and shaped his evolution into a leading creative force in the theater.

As a choreographer and director, Fuller's work includes Broadway productions such as Evita (Tony Award nomination), Sweeney Todd, On the Twentieth Century, and Merrily We Roll Along, along with extensive international staging across London, Vienna, Berlin, and beyond. His credits also include work for New York City Opera, Radio City Music Hall, and television, including the Tony and Emmy Awards. Across decades and continents, his work reflects a commitment to storytelling through movement, combining precision, musicality, and emotional depth. He lives in Palm Springs, California.

Kergan Edwards-Stout is an award-winning author whose work explores identity, resilience, and the complexities of human relationships. His memoir, Never Turn Your Back on the Tide (Or, How I Married a Lying, Psychopathic, Wannabe Murderer and Kinda Lived to Tell), was recognized as a top indie book of the year by Shelf Unbound and received an IndieReader Discovery Award. His debut novel, Songs for the New Depression, won the Next Generation Indie Book Award in the LGBTQ category and received a starred review from Library Journal. His short story collection, Gifts Not Yet Given, was also a Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist. His essays and fiction have appeared in publications including the Huffington Post and American Short Fiction. He lives in Palm Springs, California, with his husband and their two sons.


Publication Date: 13 May 2027
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Imprint: Methuen Drama
ISBN-13: 9781350672789
Format: Hardback
Page Count: 232
Weight (oz): 16.0

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