Catch Me If You Can: Sheet Music from the Broadway Musical

by Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Company (Composer), Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman (Composer)

(Vocal Selections). Complete with magnificent color photos from the original Broadway production, this 172-page collectible songbook contains piano/vocal sheet music for each song from the hit musical's original Broadway cast recording. Award-winning Hairspray writers Marc Shaiman (music and lyrics) and Scott Wittman (lyrics) have created another masterpiece, and songs like "Fly, Fly Away," "Goodbye," along with many others from the show, have fast become staple repertoire among singers. This songbook edition allows pianists and vocalists to apply their talent to one of musical theatre's most beloved new scores. Catch Me If You Can captures the astonishing true story of Frank Abagnale, Jr., a world-class con artist who passed himself off as a doctor, a lawyer, and a jet pilot all before the age of 21. With straight-arrow FBI agent Carl Hanratty on Frank's trail, we're off on a jet-setting, cat-and-mouse chase, as a jazzy, swinging-'60s score keeps this adventure in constant motion. In the end, Agent Hanratty learns he and Frank aren't so very different after all, and Frank finds out what happens when love catches up to a man on the run. Songs Live in Living Color * The Pinstripes Are All That They See * Someone Else's Skin * Jet Set * Don't Break the Rules * Butter Outta Cream * The Man Inside the Clues * Christmas Is My Favorite Time of Year * Doctor's Orders * Don't Be a Stranger * Little Boy, Be a Man * Seven Wonders * (Our) Family Tree * Fly, Fly Away * Goodbye * Stuck Together (Strange But True) * Fifty Checks.

172 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (/knɒpf/) is an American publishing house that was founded by Alfred A. Knopf Sr. and Blanche Knopf in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in addition to leading American literary trends. It was acquired by Random House in 1960, and is now part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group division of Penguin Random House which is owned by the German conglomerate Bertelsmann. The Knopf publishing house is associated with its borzoi colophon, which was designed by co-founder Blanche Knopf in 1925.

Reviews

[Toby Knutson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read the script for auditions

Had a hoot and a half

[Javier Fernandez · Rating 1 out of 5]

Almost from the very start I was highly skeptical of the veracity of this "true story" about the life of con man Frank Abagnale Jr. It all seemed way too far fetched to believe. Sure enough, I Googled about his life after the show and the cons portrayed here as real are all a bunch of BS! Apparently Abagnale's greatest con was palming off his imaginary cons as ones that actually took place. Duping his audiences was his biggest crime. After watching this musical I feel like a victim.