110 years of Broadway shows, stories and stars
By Louis Botto
Edited by Robert Viagas
Foreword by Cheyenne Jackson
Textbook: $38.99
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Now updated and expanded, theatregoers favorite history of Broadway is better than ever! This new 2010 edition includes all the shows that have opened since the popular 2002 edition! This is the first work to present a detailed theatre-by-theatre roundup of players and productions that have enchanted audiences at Broadway’s great playhouses from 1900 to 2010. This easily readable work is an expanded treatment of “At This Theatre,” the popular feature in Playbill — the magazine program for America’s legitimate theatres — which offers playgoers instant nostalgia by listing notable productions (and some famed fiascos!) that have played through the years in the theatre that they are attending. With two new chapters including Broadway theatres recently refurbished and returned to life, this book also pays tribute to the distinguished impresarios who built and managed these houses and the brilliant architects and interior designers who created them. With more than 500 color production photographs, vintage archival photographs, and Playbill covers from all 40 currently operating Broadway theatres, this beautiful book will be treasured for years by every theatre lover.
(436 pages, 9 x 12, hardback)
NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, your invoice will include a $3.00 Heavy Item Surcharge.
ISBN
Now updated and expanded, theatregoers favorite history of Broadway is better than ever! This new 2010 edition includes all the shows that have opened since the popular 2002 edition! This is the first work to present a detailed theatre-by-theatre roundup of players and productions that have enchanted audiences at Broadway’s great playhouses from 1900 to 2010. This easily readable work is an expanded treatment of “At This Theatre,” the popular feature in Playbill — the magazine program for America’s legitimate theatres — which offers playgoers instant nostalgia by listing notable productions (and some famed fiascos!) that have played through the years in the theatre that they are attending. With two new chapters including Broadway theatres recently refurbished and returned to life, this book also pays tribute to the distinguished impresarios who built and managed these houses and the brilliant architects and interior designers who created them. With more than 500 color production photographs, vintage archival photographs, and Playbill covers from all 40 currently operating Broadway theatres, this beautiful book will be treasured for years by every theatre lover.
(436 pages, 9 x 12, hardback)
NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, your invoice will include a $3.00 Heavy Item Surcharge.
ISBN
| Textbook | 978-1-55783-764-6 |
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Playbill — At This Theatre
Close Hear what directors and critics are saying:
It is fun to peruse the many illustrations, old Playbill covers, production photos and posters Mr. Bottol has profusely assembled. Frank Rich, The New York Times
This is going to be my favorite bedside book to pick up and read on the way to sleep. I treasure such books and am always on the lookout for them. Helen Hayes
Broadway at its best magnificently represents our nation’s greatest talents. Even today, all roads lead to Broadway. I hope this book helps its readers recognize the huge economic stake that New York City has in preserving and revitalizing the world’s most important and glamorous congregation of theatres — Broadway Joseph Papp, producer, director and founder of The Public Theater
