Making It on Broadway: Actors' Tales of Climbing to the Top

Countering the misperceptions about Broadway performers leading glamorous lives, the words of more than 150 Broadway stars provide unprecedented insight into their struggle for stardom. With an introduction by Jason Alexander and candid interviews with today's most celebrated Broadway stars, this book offers stories to entertain and astonish theater lovers, as well as serve as a sobering reality check for those considering careers on the stage. This book shares firsthand accounts of professional actors' difficult yet fulfilling journeys to Broadway: moving to New York, finding survival jobs, auditioning, landing roles, avoiding pitfalls, forging a family life, and much more. Interviews Include These Award-Winning Actors: • Jason Alexander • Daisy Eagan • Heather Headley • Wilson Heredia • Randy Graff • Donna McKechnie • Donna Murphy • John Rubinstein • Lea Salonga • Scott Wise • Chita Rivera

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David Wienir is a talent lawyer and business affairs executive at United Talent Agency. Before UTA, he practiced law at two of the top transactional talent boutiques - Grubman, Indursky & Shire in New York and Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown in Beverly Hills - where he represented many A List clients. He was also an intellectual property lawyer at the renowned international law firm Coudert Brothers. He has been awarded the "Outstanding Volunteer Award" from Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and was named a "Rising Star" in 2009 and 2010 by Super Lawyers Magazine. He was educated at Columbia, Oxford, The London School of Economics and UC Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall), and is admitted to practice law in New York and California. Jodie Langel began her acting career in Les Misérables on Broadway and went on to star in the national tours of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Cats.