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ALAN SHAYNE was the President of Warner Brothers Television for many years, shepherding hit shows including Alice, Night Court, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Wonder Woman, Growing Pains, and The Dukes of Hazard. He began his career as an actor on Broadway and became awell-known casting director of TV and films such as All the President's Men. He produced TV specials and, after leaving Warners, received an Emmy nomination for producing the mini-series The Bourne Identity.THE STAR DRESSING ROOM is his third memoir. Shayne's dual autobiography with his husband Norman Sunshine, DOUBLE LIFE: A LOVE STORY was published to great acclaim in 2011. Published in 2020, THE RAIN MUST PASS recounts his experiences as a teenager in New England. Alan connects on Cape Cod with a man twice his age in the summer of 1941 and learns more about himself than he ever imagined possible. Shayne and Sunshine also collaborated on the children's Christmas story, THE MINSTREL TREE in 2001. Shayne's mystery/romance novel, FINDING SYLVIA set in Hollywood, Connecticut and around the world, was published in October 2017. He now lives in Palm Beach.
"THE STAR DRESSING ROOM is a personal, honest, moving journey of hope, passion, as well as confusion. But It is finally the evolution of a struggling young actor as he becomes a remarkable man. It is truly an American story of how a dream can transform our lives. -- Linda Lavin, actor, singer, and star of the TV series ALICE Alan Shayne's latest book is a page turning and delicious tale of his years as an actor In the theater. Filled with marvelous anecdotes of his encounters with legendary figures of stage and screen, THE STAR DRESSING ROOM also movingly tells of his journey towards self-acceptance and, ultimately, true love. -- Charles Busch, actor, screenwriter, and playwright A smart book about a smart man with feelings, knowledge and a razor-sharp memory, THE STAR DRESSING ROOM chronicles a period in show business flooded with great people, historical values, and memories worth sharing. It's a biographical memoir that reads like a novel and plays like a movie. The transitions he made in a bold career, the trials and tribulations he found in his search for love (an aborted attempt at marriage with a famous and powerful woman, eventual fulfillment with a taboo-shattering same-sex partnership with talented artist Norman Sunshine), the wisdom to launch a valued career in a world of frustration and challenge--it's all here, and more. Alan Shayne has lived quite a life. ""Tell me more,"" you'd say if you spent an evening in front of the fire with him. In this book, he does. So few autobiographies are published today that you can call fresh and learn from. This is one of them. I couldn't put it down, and when it ended. I wanted more. -- REX REED, American film critic, journalist, and media personality"
