Theater geek
Subtitle: the real life drama of a summer at Stagedoor Manor
By: Mickey Rapkin
Edition: 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781439145777
Subjects: Acting; Study and teaching; Actors; Stagedoor Manor (Loch Sheldrake, N.Y.); Teenage actors
Description: Before there was Glee or American Idol, there was Stagedoor Manor, a theater camp in the Catskills where big-time Hollywood casting directors came to find the next generation of stars. It s where Natalie Portman, Robert Downey, Jr., Zach Braff, Mandy Moore, Lea Michele, and many others got their start as kids. At age thirty-one, Mickey Rapkin, a senior editor at GQ and self-proclaimed theater geek, was lucky enough to go, too, when he followed three determined teen actors through the rivalries, heartbreak, and triumphs of a summer at Stagedoor Manor.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Free Press, 2010.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: It's showtime; title: Beginners showcase; title: Week one; title: Jack Romano; title: Week two; title: Carl and Elsie; title: Hell week; title: Performance weekend; title: Epilogue.