Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes [Paperback]

Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotesis a lively, funny and sometimes touching look at the adventures of some of Broadway's most colorful practitioners. From authors, directors, actors, producers and designers to the myriad other folk involved keeping the fabulous invalid alive, Far from a dry repetition of names, facts, and figures,Show and Telloffers up a history of Broadway shows and its practitioners from a skewed prospective in all their idiosyncratic glory.Did you know that Frank Sinatra was nearly considered for the original production ofFiddler on the Roof? Or that Jerome Robbins never choreographed the famous Dance at the Gym inWest Side Story? Or that Lin-Manuel Miranda called out an audience member on Twitter for texting during a performance of Hamilton (the perpetrator was Madonna)? InShow and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes, Broadway aficionado-in-chief Ken Bloom takes us on a spirited spin through some of the most intriguing factoids in show business, offering up an unconventional history of the theatre in all its idiosyncratic glory. From the cantankerous retorts of George Abbott to the literally show-stopping antics of Katharine Hepburn, you'll learn about the adventures and star turns of some of the Broadway's biggest personalities, and discover little-known tidbits about beloved plays and musicals fromThe Black CrooktoBeautiful.AcknowledgementsIntroductionPersonalitiesThe IdeaWriting the ShowNaming the ShowSongsProducing the ShowAuditionsRehearsalsOut of TownTheatresPreviewsOpening NightCriticsBox OfficeAudiencesSuperstitionsPublicityStuntsPerforming the ShowTragediesQuotesBibliographyKen Bloom is the author ofBroadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All TimeandBroadway: An Encyclopedia. He has directed and produced shows at Town Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and other venues. Bloom is the founder of the website InsideSongs.com. Show &lƒÙ