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Razzle dazzle : the battle for Broadway /

"A revered and provocative theater observer presents a grand history of the producers, directors, actors, and critics battling for creative and financial control of Broadway"--Front jacket flap.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riedel, Michael (Theater critic) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
Shubert Organization > History > 20th century.
American drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Musicals > New York (State) > New York > History and criticism.
American drama.
Musicals.
Theater.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Broadway.
1900 - 1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The ice age
  • The Phantom
  • Mr. Lee and Mr. J. J.
  • While there is death there is hope
  • Bastards, criminals, and drunks
  • Changing of the guard
  • New York, New York, a helluva mess
  • The coup
  • Rotten to the core
  • Horsing around
  • The paintman cometh
  • The jockey
  • The one
  • The interloper
  • I Love New York, especially in the evening
  • The coiled cobra
  • The Bernie and Jerry show
  • The jockey and the godfather
  • Civil war
  • And the winner Is ...
  • CAT$
  • Mesmerizing temptation
  • End of the line
  • The British are coming! The British are coming!
  • Pick-a-little, Talk-a-little
  • Nothing matters
  • Exit music.