Broadway Babylon
Publisher: Back Stage Books
Published: June 26, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780823088300
Subjects: Theatre, drama; Theater - Broadway & Musical Revue; Performing Arts / Broadway & Musical Revue; Performing Arts; Performing Arts/Dance
Description: Hadleigh, authority on celebrity gossip, turns to Broadway to examine its juiciest scandals, secrets, flops and feuds. Discerning fact from rumor, quoting hundreds of players, and revealing the stories behind over a century of major headlines. Personalities include Ethel Merman, Tennessee Williams, Tallulah Bankhead, Carol Channing, Jerry Herman, Jerome Robbins, Lucille Ball, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Bette Davis.--From publisher description.