Yale University Press

First Nights presentsa mass of technical information in an unusually accessible way. The book is always enjoyable — The Times More…

Gabler . . . argues that Streisand could never have triumphed as she did if she were a natural winner . . . a convincing account of how, once, Streisand really did bend the world to her will — Sunday Times More…

[W]hat emerges is an absorbing and highly readable portrait of a complex, larger-than-life character nicely described by a fellow-composer as 'one of the blessed ones who make everything they... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Empathic. . . . As long as there are hearts to swell, 'Always' and 'How Deep Is the Ocean' will swell them — The New York Times More…