A Producer's Broadway Journey (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275958664)

It would be difficult, indeed, to imagine anyone more qualified to give us a celebration, from the perspective of an insider, of the Broadway musical. From the first run of Guys and Dolls in 1950 to the recent debut of Rent, Stuart Ostrow, a prot D'eg D'e of the great composer-lyricist Frank Loesser, has been personally involved in many of the major Broadway productions of our time. The steadily growing number of fans of the Great White Way will delight in his reminiscences about the shows that have shaped musical theater, such as Hello Dolly, Funny Girl, Man of LaMancha, Cabaret, 1776, and M. Butterfly--to name just a few.

Readers of A Producer's Broadway Journey will certainly be entertained by Ostrow's behind-the-scenes anecdotes of Bob Fosse, Barbra Streisand, Betty Buckley, Cole Porter, Lerner and Loewe, Hal Prince, Ethel Merman, and many other legends encountered in his accomplished career. But in addition to the tales or re-writes, stand-ins, near-disasters, and moments of theatrical magic, the author also provides a unique historical perspective on almost half a century of the musical.

Author: Stuart Ostrow
ISBN-10: 0275958663
ISBN-13: 9780275958664
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 05/30/1999
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.37w x 0.95d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 06/01/1999 pg. 107
Publishers Weekly 06/07/1999 pg. 65
Library Journal 08/01/1999 pg. 93