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BROADWAY & MUSICALS

One famous stretch near Times Square, through which Broadway passes, is the home of many theaters, housing an ever-changing array of commercial, large- scale plays, particularly musicals. This part of Broadway, also known as The Great White Way, draws millions of tourists from around the world. Starring in a successful Broadway musical is considered by most singers and actors as the ultimate success in their chosen profession, and many songs, stories, and musicals have themselves been based around the idea of such success. The annual Tony Awards recognize some of the most successful new shows and revivals each year.

While the razzmatazz of Broadway appeals to a mass audience, some theatergoers prefer the more experimental, challenging, and intimate performances possible in smaller theaters. Broadway theatres need not be located on or near Broadway, and off-Broadway theaters can be on Broadway: theatres are designated as Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway on the basis of the number of seats they contain, with Broadway theatres having more than 300 seats. Some theaters (by adding or subtracting a few seats) can convert from Broadway to Off-Broadway designation. See list of Broadway musicals. www.wikpedia.org

Music books are listed alphabetically by title.
There are no refunds or returns on books and sheet music.
P = Paperback     H = Hardcover
                                            TITLE          AUTHOR PAGES FORMAT PRICE PURCHASE
Ah-One, Ah-Two: Life With My Musical Family (used) Welk, Lawrence 215 H $7.95
Andrew Lloyd Webber: His Life and Works Walsh, Michael 157 P $9.95
Angela Lansbury: A Biography Bonnano, Margaret 225 H $12.95
Arthur Sullivan Jacobs, Arthur 470 P $12.95
As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin Bergreen, Laurence 658 P $19.95
Boris Godounov Pushkin, Alexander 111 H $9.95
Broadway Atkinson, Brooks 484 H $14.95
Broadway Musicals of the 30's Green, Stanley 385 P $12.95
Broadway: An Encyclopedic Guide to the History of Time's Square Bloom, Ken 442 H $19.95
Can't Help Singin Mast, Gerald 389 P $22.95
Fanfare: The Unauthorised Biography of Andrew Lloyd Webber Mantle, Jonathan 248 P $6.95
Film Music: A Neglected Art Prendergast, Roy 268 P $11.95
Fred Astaire: Steps in Time, An autobiography Astaire, Fred 338 P $10.95
From Bowery to Broadway Fields, Armond 552 H $48.95
George Gershwin Kendall, Alan 192 H $9.95
Gershwin Lyrics Gershwin, George 361 P $20.95
Gilbert Without Sullivan Gilbert, W. 111 H $9.95
Irving Berlin and Ragtime America Whitcomb, Ian 219 H $23.95
It Ain't Necessarily So: An Autobiography Adler, Larry 222 H $16.95
Les Miserables Hugo, Victor 1463 H $29.95
Letters of Carl Van Vechten Kellner, Bruce 301 H $14.95
Liberace: An Autobiography (Signed by Liberace) Liberace 316 H $24.95
Musical Events Porter, Andrew 573 H $12.50
No Minor Chords: My Days in Hollywood Previn, Andre 145 H $27.95
Peter Allen Smith, David 156 P $9.95
Piaf Lange, Monique 255 H $4.95
Piaf Bertault, Simone 488 H $11.95
ShowBoat: The Story of a Classic American Musical Kreuger, Miles 246 P $16.95
Sondheim and Company Zadan, Craig 438 P $29.95
Sondheim and Company Zadan, Craig 398 H $24.95
Spread a Little Happiness: The First 100 Years of the British Musical Morley, Sheridan 222 H $24.95
The Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan Bradley, Ian 462 P $8.95
The Hollywood Musical Feuer, Jane 154 P $9.95
The Making of a Musical Altman, Richard 214 H $12.50
The Melody Lingers On: Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals Hemming, Roy 388 H $24.95
The Musical Theatre Lerner, Alan 240 H $14.95
The Musical World of Walt Disney Tietyen, David 158 P $27.95
The One and Only Bing Crosby Thomas, Bob 153 P $5.95
The Other Side of the Rainbow: Behind Scenes Judy Garland TV Show Torme, Mel 190 P $16.95
The Performing World of the Musician Headington, Christopher 114 H $4.95
The Real Wagner Sabor, Rudolph 67 P $8.95
The Story of Rodgers and Hammerstein Nolan, Frederick 272 P $5.50
The Story of Rodgers and Hammerstein Nolan, Frederick 272 H $11.95
The Theatre of Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy Gordon, Joanne 363 P $20.95
The Unlikely Pioneer: Building Opera from Pacific Through the Praries Watmough, David 186 H $20.50
The Wonderful Private World of Liberace Liberace 223 H $14.95
The World of Musical Comedy Green, Stanley 480 P $13.95
You Must Remember This: Popular Songwriters 1900-1980 Jacobs, David 304 H $12.95


      Recommended Reading

Boris Godounov
Boris Godounov


Can't Help Singin'
Can't Help Singin'


Les Miserables
Les Miserables


The Melody Lingers On
Melody Lingers


The World of Musical Comedy
World of Musical Comedy


Liberace
Liberace


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