|
MUSIC BOOK WORLD
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
| 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 |
![]() Boris Godounov |
Can't Help Singin' |
![]() Les Miserables |
![]() Melody Lingers |
![]() World of Musical Comedy |
![]() Liberace |