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The secret life of the American musical : how Broadway shows are built
Title:
The secret life of the American musical : how Broadway shows are built
Author:
Viertel, Jack.
ISBN:
9780374256920
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York :

Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux,

2016.
Physical Description:
xvii, 312 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Abstract:
In The Secret Life of the American Musical, Viertel gives musicals the Shakespeare treatment. The book draws on a range of examples--from Carousel to Wicked, The Music Man to The Book of Mormon--and personal encounters to paint a picture of how Broadway musicals are made, taking you through all the phases of a typical musical theater story, from opening numbers to finales. It's a hilarious and compelling look at what Viertel has learned over the course of his career, full of observations about the egotists, geniuses, and workaday professionals who have sustained this unique American art form.
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