Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Big Musical Bombs Review

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Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Big Musical Bombs ReviewWilliam Goldman in his watershed book about Broadway called The Season, wrote that every Broadway show is a series of "little battles to the death". Here in Mr Steven Suskin's book, we get lowdown on the skirmishes and the all-out battles that resulted in some of Broadway's most outrageous productions.
It's actors vs. directors, directors vs. composers, and everybody vs. the producers as we are taken backstage to learn why a show like Jerry Lewis' Hellzapoppin turned into such a fiasco.
This is not a newly written tome. Suskin has gathered a collection of contemporary articles from magazines, newspapers, autobiographies, and biographies. And that is why they are so accurate and timely. The writers were there - they talked to the participants. This is not second-hand gossip. As Edward R. Murrow used to say: "You are there." You are there when a composer/director finds his star/wife having an affair with her leading man. There when one star's part is reduced to five lines in the first act and six lines in the second act. There when a leading man is replaced with an 11-year-old boy. There when two people standing in line at the box office say they want their money back, only to hear the producer behind them say, "So do I."
Among the shows covered are Kelly, Fade Out, Fade In, The Red Shoes, and....well you get the picture. Stars include Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Carol Burnett, Mary Tyler Moore...just to tap the distaff side.
If you have heard a rumor about a show, it is probably discussed here and confirmed or laid to rest. Suskin helpfully includes his own comments at appropriate places in the articles. These serve to clarify and sometimes give us the end result of a particular action or person.
If you are interested in Broadway, this book is for you. It is a quick read. Not one chapter is without interest. And as you read of the struggles of talented people to get their visions onstage, you will respect the craft of making a musical even more.
Kudos to Mr Suskin for this long-awaited book. It is handsome, with many illustrations of Playbills and sheet music from the reference shows, slightly oversized and easy to handle when read.
A great gift for a theatre fan or for yourself.Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Big Musical Bombs Overview

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