Synopses & Reviews
Here is a book fitted with the real tight and magic of Broadway theater, since it is told from the living memories of the people who created it. It Happened on Broadway is a chronological look at some of the unforgettable moments in Broadway's history -- and at a few others that people are still trying to forget.
Not only actors, directors, producers, composers, lyricists, and playwrights but also critics, publicists, set designers, and stage managers -- over one hundred of Broadway's mainstays take us through the towering dramatic successes of the years before and after World War II, the triumph of the book musical in the fifties, the great dance musicals, and the current ascendance of the megahits. There are also chapters on the great comedians and dramatic actors and on those actors whose indefinable combination of talent makes them the finest of all performers. Altogether, they tell the whole story of Life on Broadway from the inside over the last sixty years.
Synopsis
In this deliciously revealing oral history of Broadway since World War II, more than 100 theater veterans-including Carol Channing, Hal Prince, Donna McKechnie, Hal Holbrook, Andrea McArdle, and Al Hirschfeld-deliver the behind-the-scenes story of the hits, the stars, the feuds, and the fiascoes. Black-and-white and color photos throughout.