The Book of Broadway: The Definitive Plays and Musicals

Author(s): Eric Grode

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The Book of Broadway is a celebratory, gorgeous tome dedicated to what is arguably the quintessential American art form: the Broadway show. Lose yourself in 150 profiles of the best, most influential, and most important Broadway musicals and plays ever produced.Shows profiled include everything from the 1860s musical The Black Crook, which captivated and titillated audiences for more than five hours, to Hamilton, Broadway's biggest story of 2016. The men and women who shaped Broadway history--such as Stephen Sondheim, Tennessee Williams, Bernadette Peters, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Ethel Merman, Marlon Brando, August Wilson, and Nathan Lane--are celebrated for their groundbreaking work and photographs throughout illustrate the stunning designs of the shows. This comprehensive book by Eric Grode--arts writer for The New York Times, and author of Hair: The Story of the Show That Defined a Generation--is the ultimate guide to Broadway shows. Even if you consider yourself an expert in the theater, you will be amazed by the fantastic Broadway trivia scattered throughout this volume, as well as the palpable sense of history in this encyclopedic treatment of one of our most beloved pastimes. Just a few of the titles included are: -Annie -The Book of Mormon -Bye Bye Birdie -Cat on a Hot Tin Roof -Chicago -Death of a Salesman -Fiddler on the Roof -Grease -Guys and Dolls -Hamilton -Hello, Dolly! -Kiss Me, Kate -Les Miserables -The Music Man -My Fair Lady -The Phantom of the Opera -Rent -Six Degrees of Separation -The Sound of Music -A Streetcar Named Desire -West Side Story And so many more!

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"It's a treasure trove of pictures, facts, and personal connections assembled by a knowledgeable and talented theater critic who clearly loves his subject" - Nashville Arts Critic "...informative without being too dry or academic...hefty, colorful, attractive and certain to stimulate debate among theater lovers" - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

ERIC GRODE is the director of the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He writes regularly about theater for the New York Times and is the author of "Hair: The Story of the Show That Defined a Generation." He previously was the head theater critic for the New York Sun and Broadway.com, and he has also written for New York magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Village Voice and several other publications.

General Fields

  • : 9780760357347
  • : Quarto Publishing Group USA
  • : Voyageur Press Inc
  • : 2.105
  • : June 2017
  • : 304mm X 247mm X 28mm
  • : United States
  • : July 2017
  • : May 2020
  • : books

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  • : 137 color & 190 b-w photos
  • : 328
  • : 782.14092
  • : en
  • : New edition
  • : Hardback
  • : Eric Grode