Cats: The Book of the Musical
 This cat thinks This Book has been overrated: I loved the stage musical and didn't understand a word except for "Memories". And I love the video to death. But this book is no way a companion to the video, unless you're just looking for the [... more]
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Irving Berlin's Show Business: Broadway - Hollywood - ...
Last of the goodies: Irving Berlin was a national treasure and this book celebrates him in style. In the days when music was still civilized Berlin was king. He caught the mood of this country like no other composer. It's fun to browse through this gem [... more]
$50.00
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A Most Ingenious Paradox: The Art of Gilbert and Sullivan
A new and interesting slant on the Savoy operas: In the past, when asked to name the minimal list of books essential to a full understanding and thereby appreciation of the Gilbert & Sullivan operas, I would have cut it down to three. For a study of [... more]
$26.93
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Sunday in the Park with George
Pulitzer and Seurat put together by Sondheim and Lapine: This show is like a work of the main Character Georges Seurat. Point and point are putted together to a great piece of art. Stepehn Sondheim who recieved the Pulitzer Prize for this astonishing [... more]
$14.95
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Spring Awakening
Love It!: I couldn't put it down when I first recieved it. Spring Awakening, is an amazing adapation of Wedekind's, Spring's Awakening first written in 1899. I own the original by Wedekind, and really appreciated how Steven Sater was able to maintain the [... more]
$13.95
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The Performing Set: The Broadway Designs of William And ...
Introducing the reader to the wonderful background worlds of Hollywood and New York's Broadway: The Performing Set: The Broadway Designs Of William And Jean Eckart by Andrew B. Harris (formerly Chair of the Theatre Departments of Columbia University, [... more]
$37.95
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Oklahoma!: The Making of an American Musical
Fascinating: Mr. Carter takes us back to the early 40s when Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers first embarked on the creation of the watershed musical, Oklahoma!. Using original music and lyric manuscripts, he paints an informative picture of the [... more]
$38.00
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Mary Poppins: Anything Can Happen If You Let It
A fine coffee table book: Though the musical of Mary Poppins was no masterpiece, its production values were certainly enchanting and this well put together volume includes a multitude of color production photos, scenic models and concept sketches from [... more]
$50.00
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Playing Underground: A Critical History of the 1960s ...
Applause from a participant: This book is an epic movie about an epic movement. "Playing Underground" is a book the world has waited for without knowing it. New York's off-Off Broadway theatres in the 1960's created the styles that mark Post- [... more]
$19.95
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Manhattan Diary
More Diary excerpts: I did not enjoy this one as much as it's Hollywood predecessor because Mr Lamparski spent more time reflecting on himself than on the subjects. There are several people that I was looking forward to learning more about but the theme [... more]
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Singing in Musical Theater: The Training of Singers and ...
A Tried and True Formula Well Followed: Joan Melton's "Singing in Musical Theater" is a compilation of interviews with some of the world's formost musical theater voice pedagogues. She takes a similar format to the one used by Jerome Hines in [... more]
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Til The Fat Girl Sings: From an Overweight Nobody to a ...
Great book!: I loved this story! It opened my eyes to a problem that I really wasn't tuned in to. An important story to tell. Not only that but I think sometimes we as individuals feel so alone, like we are the only people with problems, Sharon's story [... more]
$14.95
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