A Producer's Broadway Journey by Stuart Ostrow

A Producer's Broadway Journey by Stuart Ostrow

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.

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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ISBN 13	9780275958664
ISBN 10	0275958663
Title	A Producer's Broadway Journey
Author	Stuart Ostrow
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published	1999-05-30
Number of pages	232
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