Broadway Theater Biography Books

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1. The Hornes

An inspired, intimate history of musical legend Lena Horne and her family, written by Lena's daughter, Gail Lumet Buckley. More than a loving biography of a true show business... more info
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An American Family. Applause Books. With Softcover. 6x9 inches. 320 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314519)

2. The Sound of Their Music

The greatest partnership in the history of the musical, captured in print, wonderfully illustrated. For this new edition, the book has been completely rewritten and substantially... more info
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The Story of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Applause Books. With Hardcover. 5.25x9.38 inches. 327 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314498)

3. Original Story By

Here is the original story of a true original, the celebrated and internationally renowned director, playwright and screenwriter Arthur Laurents, whose creative genius continues... more info
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A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood. Applause Books. With Softcover. 6x9 inches. 448 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314474)

4. Ridiculous!

From his first unscripted appearance on an Off-Broadway stage in the revolutionary 1960s to the frontpage news of his death from AIDS in 1987 at age 44, Charles Ludlam embodied... more info
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The Theatrical Life and Times of Charles Ludlam. Applause Books. With Softcover. 6x9.25 inches. 500 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314689)

5. Edward Albee

Mel Gussow's critically-acclaimed biography of the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Seascape, A Delicate Balance, The Zoo Story), who first electrified the American... more info
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A Singular Journey. Applause Books. With Softcover. 6x9 inches. 448 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314441)

6. My Life with Noël Coward

This is the definitive memoir of the private Noel Coward by the only man with the compassionate insight and first-hand experience to write it. Graham Payn, star of many of... more info
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Applause Books. With Softcover. 6x9.2 inches. 416 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314230)

7. Bronx to Broadway

As a boy growing up in the East Bronx, Harold Thau dreamed the American Dream. In Bronx to Broadway, he pays homage to that experience which carried him from a sea of tenements... more info
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A Life in Show Business. Applause Books. With Hardcover. 6x9 inches. 216 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314561)

8. Somewhere for Me - A Biography of Richard Rodgers

No American composer has been more widely celebrated, nor so consistently misunderstood as Richard Rodgers. Although he was one of America's most brilliant and prolific composers,... more info
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Applause Books. With Softcover. 6.25x9.3 inches. 462 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314609)

9. David Merrick - The Abominable Showman

David Merrick is the most astonishing showman of our time, and perhaps of all time. No other producer, not even Florenz Ziegfeld nor the combined lights of the Shubert brothers,... more info
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The Unauthorized Biography. Applause Books. 6.2x9.5 inches. 578 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314173)

10. Jacob Adler

Jacob Adler, with his performances in the Yiddish King Lear, Uriel Acosta and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, became first a megastar of the exploding Yiddish theatre,... more info
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A Life on the Stage - A Memoir. Applause Books. With Softcover. 6x9 inches. 432 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314475)

11. Harold Prince and the American Musical Theatre

Here is a complete look at the outstanding career of Harold Prince, the most honored and influential producer/director in the history of postwar American musical theatre.... more info
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Expanded Edition. Applause Books. With Softcover. 6x9 inches. 288 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314675)

12. I Got the Show Right Here

[A] highly entertaining showbiz memoir . . . The shows were fantastic. - The Washington Post We laughed and we cried at Cy Feuer's wonderfully warm, brash, and colorful memoir... more info
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The Amazing True Story of How an Obscure Brooklyn Horn Player Became the Last Great Broadway Showman. Applause Books. With Softcover. 6x9.13 inches. 294 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314706)

13. My Life with Noël Coward

This is the definitive memoir of the private Noel Coward by the only man with the compassionate insight and first-hand experience to write it. Graham Payn, star of many of... more info
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Hardcover Book. Applause Books. With Hardcover. 6.3x9.5 inches. 404 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314189)

14. Clifford Odets - American Playwright

Clifford Odets through his plays, which include Waiting for Lefty and Awake and Sing!, was the champion of the oppressed, avenger for the poor. He and his plays, as presented... more info
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The Years from 1906-1940. Applause Books. 6.5x9 inches. 752 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314468)

15. Defying Gravity

Defying Gravity takes readers into the creative world of Broadway and film composer Stephen Schwartz, from writing Godspell's score at age 23 through the making of the megahit... more info
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The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked. Applause Books. With Softcover. 7.5x9 inches. 544 pages. Published by Applause Books. (HL.00314791)

16. The Musical World of Boublil and Schönberg

Two Frenchmen, an idea, and a blank piece of paper. That's how it started. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg are the creators of the multi-award-winning and much-loved... more info
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The Creators of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, and The Pirate Queen. Applause Books. With Softcover. 6x9 inches. 408 pages. Published by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. (HL.00000463)

17. Lucille Lortel

Written under the auspices of The Lucille Lortel Foundation, this book is the first biography of the grande dame of avant garde theater. Lucille Lortel became a leader of... more info
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The Queen of Off Broadway. Limelight. With Hardcover. 6.25x9.25 inches. 376 pages. Published by Limelight Editions. (HL.00332524)

18. The Gentleman Press Agent

From his unlikely start as a Jewish All-American and three-letter man in segregated Baltimore, Merle Debuskey was for fifty years - beginning just after World War II and ending... more info
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Fifty Years in the Theatrical Trenches with Merle Debuskey. Applause Books. With Hardcover. 6.25x9.25 inches. 292 pages. Published by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. (HL.00314816)
 
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