Broadway


Hamilton: The Revolution
The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway
Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway
Wicked: The Grimmerie
Better Nate Than Ever (Better Nate Than Ever, #1)
Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution
Dear Evan Hansen
Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History
In the Heights: Finding Home
A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages
Rent: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musical―Complete Libretto and Oral History
The Phantom of the Opera
The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
West Side Story by Irving ShulmanThe Prom by Saundra MitchellDear Evan Hansen by Val EmmichThe Rocky Horror Picture Show by Kevin VanHookJagged Little Pill by Eric  Smith
Musicals Adapted Into Books
19 books — 4 voters
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. RowlingWicked by David CoteSweeney Todd by Stephen SondheimHamilton by Lin-Manuel MirandaThe Complete Phantom of the Opera by George C. Perry
Broadway Plays, Musicals
62 books — 23 voters

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxLes Misérables Vocal/Piano Selections | Broadway Musical Shee... by Alain BoublilWicked - A New Musical Songbook by Stephen Schwartz | Piano V... by Stephen SchwartzThe Sound of Music by Richard RodgersFiddler on the Roof Full Text and lyrics by Joseph Stein
best musicals
121 books — 121 voters
Dance Demons by Juliet M. SampsonA Tempest Soul by Oliver PhippsTaking Flight by Michaela DePrince84 Ribbons by Paddy EgerAstonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
Into the World of Dance
105 books — 28 voters

Nick Tosches
Rothstein worked with Park Avenue men as beards in the club-house, and with Broadway characters, such as Morris the Boob on The Lawn, and he probably bet away from the track, too.
Nick Tosches, King of the Jews

So, you’re just spending all this money to put on a free show for people?” he asked. “Well,” I said, “the hope is that the response to the show is enthusiastic enough that some producer would want to take it to Broadway.” “And so then you’d make a lot of money?” “Possibly. But that usually only happens if a show runs for years. Most shows run for, like, three months. And only, maybe, one out of five make back their investment.” “So why do it?” I wanted to say, Because it’s Broadway, and because ...more
Bethany Joy Lenz, Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show

More quotes...
A place for musical theatre lovers to join and talk about broadway!
7 members, last active 6 years ago
Movie Dynasty Princesses This group is devoted to the book Movie Dynasty Princesses: Irene Mayer Selznick and Edith Mayer…more
86 members, last active one year ago
Broadway!!! This group is for people who *LOVE* Broadway shows!!!
3 members, last active 13 years ago
Join new Dreamspinner Press author Rodney Ross in discussion of his novel, 'The Cool Part Of His…more
4 members, last active 14 years ago