It Happened on Broadway: An Oral History of the Great White Way

In this deliciously revealing oral history of Broadway from World War II through the early 1980s, more than one hundred theater veterans -including Carol Channing, Hal Prince, Donna McKechnie, Hal Holbrook, Andrea McArdle, and Al Hirschfeld- deliver the behind-the-scenes story of the hits, the stars, the feuds, and the fiascoes. Along the way there are evocations of the great comedians and dramatic actors who had that indefinable magic that made them stand out above the rest. With verve, love, and passion, this book gives us the story of more than half a century of great theater- from the inside out.

CONTENIDO:

Introduction
Who's who in the cast

1. Broadway calling
2. The waterfall and the camel were still there
3. It was an exciting time to be in the theater
4. That sense of truth
5. Something wonderful
6. We were the essence of New York
7. Look, look, look who's dancin' now
8. You can never tell
9. The X factor
10. That's the craft
11. Epilogue: The perpetual invalid

Curtain call