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1) Okay for now
Author
Language
English
Description
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer, a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 152
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In the early seventeenth century, in a backwater Dutch colony, there was a wide, muddy cow path that the settlers called the Brede Wegh. As the street grew longer, houses and taverns began to spring up alongside it. What was once New Amsterdam became New York, and farmlands gradually gave way to department stores, theaters, hotels, and, finally, the perpetual traffic of the twentieth century's Great White Way. From Bowling Green all the way up to...
6) Part of my world: what I've learned from the Little mermaid about love, faith, and finding my voice
Author
Language
English
Description
Join Disney Legend Jodi Benson on a magical journey from a Midwestern town to the bright lights of Broadway and the recording booth where she brought one of the most beloved Disney princesses of all time to life! A treasure trove of colorful characters and unforgettable anecdotes, Part of My World reads like a real-life fairy tale as a girl with a big voice and even bigger dreams sets out on the adventure of a lifetime. Along the way, Jodi shares...
Author
Series
Lulu the Broadway mouse volume 2
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lulu's show has just received its closing notice. Lulu and the rest of the company are devastated. Lulu takes readers back in time to just after she made her onstage debut and of Lulu and Jayne rising in popularity and esteem. However, there is one critic who is determined to break Lulu's career. With additional casting drama happening with Jayne, Amanda, and new girl Olivia, the news about the show closing comes as a real blow to everyone. When...
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Language
English
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Description
"The 1990s was a decade of profound change on Broadway. At the dawn of the nineties, the British invasion of Broadway was in full swing, as musical spectacles like Les Miserables, Cats, and The Phantom of the Opera dominated the box office. But Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard soon spelled the end of this era and ushered in a new wave of American musicals, beginning with the ascendance of an unlikely show by a struggling writer who reimagined...
Author
Publisher
Countryman Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An exhilarating, pun-filled love letter to musicals, with 50 Broadway-inspired recipes. Good food and trivia and authors who sing-these are a few of our favorite things! Tony-nominated actor Gideon Glick and food writer Adam Roberts have teamed up to write the ultimate cookbook for theater lovers. This collection of musical-inspired recipes includes dishes like Yolklahoma!, Clafoutis and the Beast, Yam Yankees, Dear Melon Hansen, and more. And while...
Author
Series
Nate volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T."
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Grease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More is a fabulous rockin' and rollin' origin story with every juicy inspiration that went into creating it. . . . A must read for all Grease fans." -Didi Conn, Grease's "Frenchy" What started as an amateur play with music in a converted trolly barn in Chicago hit Broadway fifty years ago-and maintains its cultural impact today. Grease opened downtown in the Eden Theatre February 14, 1972, short of money, short of...
14) Murder off stage
Author
Series
Roaring Twenties mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"New York, 1926. It's not like Jessie Beckett goes around looking for murders to solve, but the vaudeville star turned movie script girl has a natural talent for it. After a lifetime on stage, she's sensitive to details that other people miss. So when leading theater star Allen Crenshaw is shot live on stage during a performance of hit Broadway show Rules of Engagement - a horrified Jessie watching from the second row - she knows she has to act fast...
Author
Series
Lulu the Broadway mouse volume 1
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Lulu is a little girl mouse who lives in the Shubert Theatre on Broadway, New York City! Fittingly, she longs to trod the theatrical boards and thinks she's found her way in when she befriends Jayne, a human cast member of the show currently running.
17) Phantom angel
Author
Series
Benji Golden novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When it comes to tracking down teen runaways there is no private investigator in New York City better than street-wise Benji Golden. His newest client is Morrie Frankel, the last of the great Broadway showmen. Morrie's current extravaganza, a lavish $65 million musical adaptation of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, is the biggest unfolding disaster the Great White Way has ever seen. Rumor has it if he doesn't find a deep-pocketed 'angel,' or investor,...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Broadway Body: I lied about my height on my résumé the entire time I was a dancer, though in truth I don't think the extra inch ever actually made a difference. In the US, 5'6" still reads as short for a man no matter how you slice it. The reason for my deception was that height was often the reason I was disqualified: choreographers often wanted taller male dancers for the ensemble and listed a minimum height requirement (often 5'11" and up)...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In a lively and engaging style, authors Douglas Yacka and Francesco Sedita cover the development of the first theaters and the birth of the American musical, as well as the shows and stars that have become Broadway legends. Readers will get the inside story on their favorite shows and may even discover some new ones. --from Amazon.
20) Night life
Author
Series
Michael Cassidy mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"New York City in 1954. The Cold War is heating up. Senator Joe McCarthy is running a witch hunt for Communists in America. The newly formed CIA is fighting a turf battle with the FBI to see who will be the primary US intelligence agency. And the bodies of murdered young men are turning up in the city ... [NYPD cop Michael] Cassidy is assigned to the case of Alexander Ingram, a Broadway chorus dancer found tortured and dead in his apartment in Hell's...
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