Broadway category: 202 books
Before the Parade Passes By
Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
During the Golden Age of the Broadway musical, few director-choreographers could infuse a new musical with dance and movement in quite the way Gower Champion could. From his earliest Broadway success with Bye Bye Birdie to his triumphant and bittersweet valedictory, 42nd Street, musicals directed...
Unmasking What Matters
10 Life Lessons From 10 Years on Broadway
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
• During the 2015/16 Broadway season, there were a record-breaking 13.3 million admissions to Broadway shows, and musicals performed on Broadway generated over 1.17 billion dollars; there is a huge audience of devoted fans hungry for behind-the-scenes Broadway stories. • The Phantom of the Opera...
by Dan Dietz
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
For Broadway audiences of the 1980s, the decade was perhaps most notable for the so-called “British invasion.” While concept musicals such as Nine and Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George continued to be produced, several London hits came to New York. In addition to shows like Chess,...
by Ronald Micci
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Murder, mayhem, and a lead actress just plain too hot to trot surround the opening of the smash new Broadway musical Pay Toilets, A Sentimental Journey. And when the body of a murdered playwright turns up in Shubert Alley with a menacing warning note tacked to his chest -- "Beware legends of...
Blue-Collar Broadway
The Craft and Industry of American Theater
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Behind the scenes of New York City's Great White Way, virtuosos of stagecraft have built the scenery, costumes, lights, and other components of theatrical productions for more than a hundred years. But like a good magician who refuses to reveal secrets, they have left few clues about their work. Blue-Collar...
Waiting in the Wings
How to Launch Your Performing Career on Broadway and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
The definitive guide to making a career in theater—to Broadway and beyond
Tiffany Haas knows how to make it on Broadway. After 72 rejections in a row she finally landed a role in Broadway’s long-running smash hit Wicked and later became “Glinda the Good.” Now she wants to share her...
by Dan Dietz
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
While the 1960s may have been a decade of significant upheaval in America, it was also one of the richest periods in musical theatre history. Shows produced on Broadway during this time include such classics as Bye, Bye Birdie; Cabaret; Camelot; Hello Dolly!; Fiddler on the Roof; How to Succeed in...
Sutton Foster: Broadway Sweetheart, TV Bunhead
StageStars: Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Musical theater fans first fell for Sutton Foster in her triumphant turn as the title character in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Since then the heralded triple threat performer has charmed Broadway audiences in a wide variety of memorable roles, playing a writer, a princess, a movie star, a nightclub...
Wicked
A Musical Biography
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
In 2004, the original Broadway production of Wicked earned 10 Tony nominations, including best musical. Based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire, the show continues to run on Broadway and has touring companies throughout the United States and around the world. In Wicked: A Musical Biography,...
The Broadway Song Companion
An Annotated Guide to Musical Theatre Literature by Voice Type and Song Style
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
The Broadway Song Companion is the first complete guide and access point to the vast literature of the Broadway musical for the solo performer. Designed with the working actor in mind, the volume lists every song from over 210 Broadway shows, giving the name of the character(s) who sing(s) the song,...
by Steven Cutts
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
My Big Fat Broadway Debut! the ebook miniseries chronicles the remarkable journey of Steven Cutts, who went from being a kid with a dream to being a pro on the Broadway stage. The book is packed with stories, wisecracks, pitfalls, and sage advice from a true industry insider.From one volume...
Broadway Rhythm
Imaging the City in Song
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Broadway Rhythm is a guide to Manhattan like nothing you've ever read. Author Dominic Symonds calls it a performance cartography, and argues that the city of New York maps its iconicity in the music of the Broadway songbook. A series of walking tours takes the reader through the landscape of Manhattan,...
Hamilton
The Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
A backstage pass to the groundbreaking, hit musical Hamilton, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Eleven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, including the award-winning libretto, behind-the-scenes photos and interviews, and exclusive footnotes from composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Lin-Manuel...
Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks
A Very Opinionated History of the Broadway Musicals That Did Not Win the Tony Award
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
"Wait..Gypsy didn't win the Tony for Best Musical?"
That's a question that gets asked over and over again, every time a new Rose takes to the runway in the Broadway classic "Gypsy". In "Strippers, Showgirls and Sharks", the popular syndicated theatre critic Peter...