Broadway's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Dynamic Divas, Surefire Showstoppers, and Box-office Busts
Language: English
Published by Potomac Books Inc, 2004
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It's not just a street anymore - it's a genre of its own, and it's celebrated in Tom Shea's Broadway's Most Wanted trademark]: The Top 10 Book of Dynamic Divas, Surefire Showstoppers, and Box-Office Busts. Part of Brassey's popular Most Wanted trademark] series (see pages 68 and 69), Broadway's Most Wanted trademark] sings the praises of musical theater with a dash of whimsy thrown in. Shea honors those who have made musical theater what it is today - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Oh, the ugly When a show hits gold, the world's a wonderful place, but a bomb is just as precious and enjoyable in its own perverse way. With more than forty top-ten lists packed full of fun and facts, Shea shows you the best - and worst - that Broadway, off-Broadway, and the rest of the musical theater has to offer. So while you learn about the amazing people behind the hit Bye Bye Birdie, including the incomparable Chita Rivera, you'll also read about the ill-fated and laughable Bring Back Birdie, which quickly indicated why Broadway doesn't do sequels (especially twenty years after the original). While chuckling over how Jimmy Durante and Ethel Merman bickered over top billing for 1936's Red, Hot.…
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- Title
- Broadway's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Dynamic Divas, Surefire Showstoppers, and Box-office Busts
- Author
- Tom Shea
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1574885960
- ISBN 13
- 9781574885965
So while you learn about the amazing people behind the hit Bye Bye Birdie, including the incomparable Chita Rivera, youâ ll also read about the ill-fated and laughable Bring Back Birdie, which quickly indicated why Broadway doesnâ t do sequels (especially twenty years after the original). While chuckling over how Jimmy Durante and Ethel Merman bickered over top billing for 1936â s Red, Hot, and Blueâ with the comical result of their names being written diagonally, crossing in an Xâ youâ ll also find praise for Paul Ford, Stephen Sondheimâ s rehearsal pianist, who helps the legendary composer bring his music to life. Musicals run the gamut of topics, and Shea waxes melodic on political, western, rock and roll, and comic-book musicals, plus so much more. They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway; Tom Shea shines just as brightly with Broadwayâ s Most Wantedâ : The Top 10 Book of Dynamic Divas, Surefire Showstoppers, and Box-Office Busts.
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