- 208 pages
- English
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Up close and personal with Broadway's brightest lights of the past, present, and future.* Firsthand accounts, rare interviews, backstage anecdotes
* Insider ideas from Disney, Jujamcyn, Mackintosh, Weissler, Papp, Merrick, Ziegfeld, more!Broadway's most esteemed visionaries tell all—how they got started in the business, how they chose projects, how they raise money, why some of their shows were huge hits and others flopped, and much more. From Flo Ziegfeld and David Merrick, from Joseph Papp, from Cameron Mackintosh, from today's up-and-coming new generation of producers—here are priceless words of wisdom. Readers will find insights on how to deal with investors, work in a team, troubleshoot, and learn from mistakes. Filled with entertaining backstage anecdotes, this book is a must-have primer for educators, students, and budding producers.
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INDEX
A
Abbott, George, 33
About.com, 12
Actors’ Equity, 34, 39, 124, 138, 157, 185
Actor’s Lab, 57
Adler, Richard, 33
Ahmanson Theatre, 38
Aida, 156, 160, 164
AIDS, 66
Akalaitis, JoAnne, 66
University of Alabama/Alabama Shakespeare Festival, 183
Albee, Edward, 99, 105, 106, 161, 166, 171
Alberghetti, Anna Maria, 22
The Albery (West End theater), 136
Albion College, 140
Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 38
Allegro, 133
Amadeus, 33, 39
American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 13
American Place Theatre, 69
American Shakespeare Theater, 112
American Theatre Hall of Fame, 27
American Theatre Wing, 185
Anderson, Jane, 103
Andrews, Julie, 135
Angels in America (Millennium Approaches and Perestroika), 39, 47, 49, 52, 86, 89–90, 95, 116, 147
Annie, 43
Anyone Can Whistle, 43
Anything Goes, 128
Applegate, Christina, 117
Arizona State University, 183
Astor Library, 56, 62, 64, 67
Ates, Nejla, 19
At Home with the Dales, 128
Atkinson, Brooks (theater critic), 21, 59
Auburn, David, 37, 104
Auburn University, 183
August Wilson Theatre, 149
Austin, Lyn, 86, 95
A View from the Bridge, 173, 180
Awake and Sing, 13, 77–78
B
Babe, Thomas, 56, 67
The Baby Dance, 103
Bacharach, Burt, 20
Bailey, Pearl, 22
Baitz, Jon Robin, 81
Baldwin–Wallace College, 183
Barrington Stage, 162
Bates, Blanche, 13
Battle, Hinton, 34
Beane, Douglas, 176
Becket, 27
Belasco, David, 10–15, 56; as technical innovator, 11–12, 15; and the casting couch, 12; ghost hauntings, 12; as theater owner, 12, 15; as tyrant, 13; and Broadway, 13–14; and naturalism, 13–15...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Section I: The Impresario
- Section II: Old World
- Section III: The Nonprofit Route
- Section IV: The Creatives
- Section V: The Entrepreneur
- Section VI: The Corporation
- Section: VII: The Up and Coming
- Bibliography
- Appendix
- Index
- Books