Moss Hart's Act One, which Lincoln Center Theater presented in 2014 as
a play written and directed by James Lapine, is one of the great
American memoirs, a glorious memorial to a bygone age filled with all
the wonder, drama, and heartbreak that surrounded Broadway in the early
twentieth century. Hart's story inspired a generation of theatergoers,
dramatists, and readers everywhere as he eloquently chronicled his
impoverished childhood and his long, determined struggle to reach the
opening night of his first Broadway hit. Act One is the quintessential
American success story.