
Show and Tell
The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes
Ken Bloom(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 24. November 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-19-022101-0 (ISBN)
Description
Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes is a lively, funny and sometimes touching look at the adventures of some of Broadway's most colorful practitioners. From authors, directors, actors, producers and designers to the myriad other folk involved keeping the fabulous invalid alive, Far from a dry repetition of names, facts, and figures, Show and Tell offers up a history of Broadway shows and its practitioners from a skewed prospective in all their idiosyncratic glory.
Reviews / Votes
Show & Tell is a book likely to find its way into both public and academic libraries, and readers are likely to come away from it much more informed than before... The amount of inside information this book contains is rather undersold by the title, which implies a random assortment of witty asides and gossipy small-talk from and about Broadway life... Although there are plenty of memorable encounters, sarcastic put-downs, near-the-knuckle jokes and theatrical memorabilia (quite enough to help any after-dinner speaker with some material), there is also a generous store of knowledge about Broadway shows and theatre. * Stuart Hannabuss (Independent Reviewer and Researcher, Aberdeen, UK); Reference Reviews Volume 31, Number 6, 2017 * Ken Bloom, an aficionado of all things Broadway, has put together a book of choice remarks or insights into the world of theatrical entertainment and it is a hoot. * Nick Wakeham, Musical Theatre Review * there are some corkers ... * Brian Viner, Daily Mail * Ken Bloom, an aficionado of all things Broadway, has put together a book of choice remarks or insights into the world of theatrical entertainment and it is a hoot. ... a delicious compendium of theatrical gold. ... Love it! * Nick Wakeham, Musical Theatre Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
596 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-022101-0 (9780190221010)
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Person
Ken Bloom is a noted author, producer, director, documentarian, and record producer. His book, Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time is an award-winning classic. His book Broadway: An Encyclopedia, was named a Reference Book of the Year by the New York Times and won a Choice Magazine Award. He has directed and produced shows at Town Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and other venues. He received a Grammy Nomination for his album, Maxine Sullivan Sings Great Songs of the Cotton Club which was released on his label, Harbinger Records, which is celebrating its 30th Anniversary. Ken is also the founder of the website InsideSongs.com.
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Personalities
The Idea
Writing the Show
Naming the Show
Songs
Producing the Show
Auditions
Rehearsals
Out of Town
Theatres
Previews
Opening Night
Critics
Box Office
Audiences
Superstitions
Publicity
Stunts
Performing the Show
Tragedies
Quotes
Bibliography
Introduction
Personalities
The Idea
Writing the Show
Naming the Show
Songs
Producing the Show
Auditions
Rehearsals
Out of Town
Theatres
Previews
Opening Night
Critics
Box Office
Audiences
Superstitions
Publicity
Stunts
Performing the Show
Tragedies
Quotes
Bibliography