A Gambler's Instinct

Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford (1902-1986) declared in her 1977 autobiography, ""The theatre has been my life."" Crawford was notoriously circumspect about her private life, and only now, with Milly S. Barranger's insightful biography, is her full story revealed. As Barranger traces Crawford's career as a producer, she tells the parallel story of American theatre in the mid-twentieth century.