Ever After: The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond (Applause Books) - Hardcover

Barry Singer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557835292 ISBN 13: 9781557835291

Publisher: Applause, 2004

Synopsis

Ever After is more than a detailed show-by-show history of the last quarter century in American musical theater. It explains how the storied Broadway tradition, in many cases, went so very wrong. Singer takes the reader behind the scenes for an unparalleled look at A Chorus Line's final bow, the creation of Rent, the real people behind Disney's uber-musicals, and even an afternoon with Andrew Lloyd Webber.

About this title

About the Author:

Barry Singer has written extensively about the arts for the New York Times Arts & Leisure section, the New Yorker, New York magazine, the New York Times Magazine, Opera News, USA Today, Huffington Post, and Playbill, among others. He is the author of Black and Blue: The Life and Lyrics of Andy Razaf, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; Alive at the Village Vanguard, winner of an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for excellence in music writing; and Churchill Style: The Art of Being Winston Churchill. He is also the founder and proprietor of Chartwell Booksellers, one of New York City's last independent bookstores, now in its thirty-seventh year.

Synopsis:

A celebration of the last 25-years of musical theatre There is no other book available that covers this period and subject Ever After is more than a detailed show-by-show history of the last quarter-century in American musical theatre as Singer takes readers behind the scenes for an insider view and no-holds barred look at why things sometimes went wrong...Both analytical and anecdotal, Ever After also celebrates the next generation of young musical theatre artists, addressing not only their work to date, but also their future dreams.

About this edition

• Publisher: Applause
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1557835292
• ISBN 13: 9781557835291
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 560