BY GROVER DALE
FOREWORD BY CAROL LAWRENCE
A Boy Like That
Hits, Misses, Messes, and Miracles as I Danced Across the Stages of Broadway and Hollywood
Through poignant and riveting vignettes, living dance legend Grover Dale takes us behind the scenes of seven decades of entertainment history, providing intimate insights into industry movers and shakers like Jerome Robbins, Noel Coward, and Gene Kelly, while sharing his own inspiring life lessons. Spiced with personal drama and fun tidbits about well-known stars of stage and screen, Dale celebrates the ups and downs of his illustrious career in a delightful dance through the Golden Eras of Broadway, Hollywood, and beyond.
AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER
Grover Dale
At age eighteen, Grover Dale fled a dirty shack and an abusive childhood to catch a bus to New York City, his pocket filled with just $130 cash and hard won survival instincts. The cash lasted a month. The survival instincts lasted a lifetime.
After landing a breakout role as Snowboy in Broadway’s original production of West Side Story, the rest, as they say, is history.
Now, through poignant and riveting vignettes, the living dance legend takes us behind the scenes of seven decades of entertainment history. He shares intimate insights into industry movers and shakers all while sharing his own inspiring life lessons.
