The Alchemy of Theatre: The Divine Science: Essays on Theatre and the Art of Collaboration

by Robert Viagas (Editor)

The editor of Playbill's At This Theatre and founding editor of the new Playbill Broadway Yearbook offers a collection of 26 essays on theatre by the top professionals in their fields. Includes contributions by two recently departed leading lights: playwright Wendy Wasserstein and songwriter Cy Coleman. Also, featured are Chita Rivera and Edward Albee; costume designer William Ivey Long; set designer Robin Wagner, and director and choreographer Susan Stroman.

Genres: Theatre

288 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

Robert Viagas was an editor at Playbill, founder of Playbill.com and author or editor of more than a dozen books on the performing arts.