Photo: Diva Rebecca Spencer, winner of the 2004 Back Stage Bistro Award, recently created and opened in the role of Madame Giry in the new $35 million production of PHANTOM: The Las Vegas Spectacular, under the direction of Harold Prince, at the Venetian Hotel and Casino.
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International best-selling author Maximillien de Lafayette wrote 105 books, 3 encyclopedias, 2 world premieres musicals (one play was produced at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) and 10 volumes on divas, cabaret, jazz and entertainment. Fluent in 7 languages, playwright, director, syndicated columnist and critic who has visited 46 countries, Lafayette is in a privileged position to bring to us the known and hidden world of music, stars and divas.
En route: The most authoritative and resourceful published work on stars, music, entertainment and showbiz
DE LAFAYETTE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, JAZZ AND PERFORMING ARTS
Thematic and Biographical Encyclopedia of Singers, Performers, Musicians and the Arts. (4 Volumes, 3,660 pages, 1,600 photographes and illustrations. Plus the Yearbook Co-authored by Ilil Arbel, Ph.D. Available in March 2007)
On the front cover, clockwise: Ms. Jill Corey, Ms. Sarah James, Ms. Peggy Judy, Ms. Teri Roiger; the 4 winds, the 4 aromas of American entertainment. On the back cover: Ms. Rebecca Spencer; the new definition of American Operatic Jazz and elegant Cabaret.