Opera News Features Editor Brian Kellow has written a biography of Broadway legend Ethel Merman (1908-1984), titled Ethel Merman: A Life. Kellow discusses the dramatic life of the lady whom George ...

BRASS DIVA: THE LIFE AND LEGENDS OF ETHEL MERMAN By Caryl Flinn University of California Press, 556 pages, $34.95ETHEL MERMAN: A LIFE By Brian Kellow Viking, 336 pages, $25.95 Two biographies of Et… ...

Ethel Merman -- the undisputed queen of the Broadway musical from 1930, when she opened in "Girl Crazy," until 1970, when she closed in "Hello, Dolly!" -- was a force of nature, one whom people ...

Learn about Ethel Merman: A Life - With dueling Merman biographies being released just prior to her birth centennial in 2008 (see review above of Caryl Flinn's Brass Diva), Kellow's slimmer tome ...

(Caption: Ethel Merman, ... had a storied career that's explored with fascinating details and a few revelations in the biography Ethel Merman, by Brian Kellow.

Two books were released last year, “Brass Diva” by Caryl Flinn and “Ethel Merman: A Life” by Brian Kellow. And Rita McKenzie begins her 20th year traveling the country performing a one ...

A diva on stage and off, Merman was an outsized personality and a show-biz legend.Biographer Brian Kellow tells her story in “Ethel Merman: A Life” (Penguin, $25.95). Kellow, ...

Written and directed by Drama Desk winner Richard Sabellico and stage-managed by Adolpho Blaire, the play is based upon Brian Kellow's biography "Ethel Merman: A Life" and features music from such ...

BRASS DIVA: THE LIFE AND LEGENDS OF ETHEL MERMAN By Caryl Flinn University of California Press, 556 pages, $34.95ETHEL MERMAN: A LIFE By Brian Kellow Viking, 336 pages, $25.