Showstoppers!: The Surprising Backstage Stories of Broadway's Most Remarkable Songs
Nov 2016 · Chicago Review Press
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About this ebook
Showstoppers! is all about Broadway musicals' most memorable numbers—why they were so effective, how they were created, and why they still resonate. Gerald Nachman has interviewed dozens of iconic musical theater figures to get their inside stories for this book, including Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, Marvin Hamlisch, Joel Grey, Edie Adams, John Kander, Jerry Herman, Sheldon Harnick, Tommy Tune, Harold Prince, Donna McKechnie, and Andrea McArdle, uncovering priceless previously untold anecdotes and details.
About the author
Gerald Nachman has been writing about musicals for over fifty years. His reviews and columns have been published in the New York Post, New York Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, New York Times, Esquire, GQ, Cosmopolitan, and Theater Week. He is the author of six books, including Seriously Funny, Raised on Radio, and Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!
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