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Lisa Jo Sagolla
LISA JO SAGOLLA is the author of The Girl Who Fell Down: A Biography of Joan McCracken and Rock ‘n’ Roll Dances of the 1950s. A choreographer, critic, and historian, she has written for BACK STAGE, AMERICAN THEATRE, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL, and numerous other popular publications, encyclopedias, and scholarly journals. An adjunct professor at Columbia University and Rutgers, she is currently researching a book on the influence of Pennsylvania’s Bucks County on America’s musical theatre.