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A Producer's Broadway Journey
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Stuart Ostrow
ISBN: 0-275-95866-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95866-4
232 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 5/30/1999
List Price: $27.95 (UK Sterling Price: £19.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Author's Note
    Introduction
    1950-60
    Broadway Babies: Adler & Ross, Stephen Sondheim, Bock & Harnick, Meredith Willson
    1960-70 The Beginning of the End of Camelot: Rock 'N Roll, 'N Revolution
    1970-80 The British Are Coming: Andrew Lloyd Webber
    1980-90 Less is Less: Cats, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera
    1990-97 Stomp, Rent, Bring In 'Da Noise Bring In 'Da Funk: Quo Vadis?
    Afterword
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: STUART OSTROW is the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Distinguished Professor of Theatre at the University of Houston. His many award-winning Broadway and West-End productions include M. Butterfly, Pippin, and 1776. He has also produced La Béte and The Apple Tree, directed Here's Love, was associate director of Chicago, and authored Stages.
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