Present at the creation, leaping in the dark, and going against the grain
Subtitle: 1776, Pippin, M. Butterfly, La bête, and other Broadway adventures
By: Stuart Ostrow
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781557836465
Subjects: Theatrical producers and directors; Production and direction; Musicals; Biography; History
Description: "Producer Stuart Ostrow's manifesto of how intelligent life might be restored to the theatre is also a unique personal memoir of the producer - creator relationship and an evaluation of the essentials that can make a show fly, or remain earthbound." "He riffs about the heroes and heels he's met along the way and that great cast includes Frank Loesser, Meredith Willson, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Bob Fosse, David Geffen, Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Henry Hwang, John Kander, Fred Ebb, and many more."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.