Garland – That’s Beyond Entertainment – Reflections on Judy Garland (hardback)

Garland – That’s Beyond Entertainment – Reflections on Judy Garland by Lawrence Schulman Foreword by John H. Haley Afterword by James Fisher   294 pages 6x9 size ISBN 9798887711850 Different from other works devoted to Judy Garland to date in that it is not a traditional birth-to-death biography, award-winning music producer, critic, and translator Lawrence Schulman’s long-awaited 2-volume look at the legendary singer, Garland – That’s Beyond Entertainment – Reflections on Judy Garland, aims to remove her from the simplistic realm of such epithets as “world’s greatest entertainer” and “Miss Show Business” and reconsider her as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century’s Great American Songbook, one who took us beyond entertainment to a level of artistry unique in classic American popular music. The importance of Judy Garland is amply highlighted in this detailed, richly-illustrated study that covers Schulman’s writings on Garland between 1993 and 2023 that concentrate on her rec