I'm the Greatest Star: Broadway's Top Musical Legends from 1900 to Today - Hardcover

Viagas, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557837279 ISBN 13: 9781557837271

Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2009

Synopsis

(Applause Books). Here is the first major survey of Broadway musical theatre stars, telling the life stories of 40 stage luminaries from Al Jolson, Fanny Brice and Gwen Verdon, to Nathan Lane, Patti Lupone and Audra McDonald. Author Robert Viagas describes each star's most important stage roles as well as the triumphant, tragic, inspiring, and cautionary tales of how they achieved and maintained their status as top Broadway stars.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Viagas (Mamaroneck, NY) is the founding editor of Playbill.com, host and program director of Playbill Radio, founding editor of The Playbill Broadway Yearbook (978-1-55783-732-5) series, editor of Louis Botto's At This Theatre, and author of numerous theatre books including The Alchemy of Theatre and On the Line: The Creation of "A Chorus Line."

About this edition

• Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1557837279
• ISBN 13: 9781557837271
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 425