Best Broadway Shows Of All Time - April 2024

Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time

Finally in paperback, this info-and photo-packed celebration of Broadway has been thoroughly updated to include new shows, new features, and new comments from Broadway's celebrated leading ladies. The rich history of Broadway—from the beloved classics of each decade to the most popular recent hits—are showcased here in colorful chapters that include authoritative commentary, features on the creators and performers, and more. The list of the 101 best has been reevaluated by the authors for this edition, and new shows include Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone, Grease, Grey Gardens, Sunday in t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1579123139
• ASIN: 1579123139
• ISBN: 1579123139
• Brand: Brand: Black Dog Leventhal Publishers
• Manufacturer: Black Dog & Leventhal

Hamilton: The Revolution

A backstage pass to the groundbreaking, hit musical Hamilton, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Eleven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, including the award-winning libretto, behind-the-scenes photos and interviews, and exclusive footnotes from composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda.Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generati... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1455539740
• UPC: 710308291108
• ASIN: 1455539740
• ISBN: 1455539740
• Brand: Jeremy McCarter Lin Manuel Miranda
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Broadway Musicals, Revised and Updated: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time

A fully updated edition of the acclaimed and bestselling Broadway Musicals, now featuring an expanded off-Broadway section Broadway Musicals is a richly illustrated, and information-packed celebration of the most popular and enduring Broadway shows of all time. Each show is featured in a detailed, photo-filled chapter that includes expert commentary, special features on the creators and performers, plot synopses, cast and song lists, production details, and backstage anecdotes. Also included are sidebars on Broadway flops, advertising posters, the greatest scores, and more. This edition inclu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1579128491
• ASIN: 1579128491
• ISBN: 9781579128494
• Manufacturer: Black Dog & Leventhal

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack Obama “guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race” (The Washington Post Book World). “Quite extraordinary.”—Toni Morrison  In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man—has been killed in a car ac... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1400082773
• ASIN: 1400082773
• ISBN: 9781400082773
• Brand: Broadway Books
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

100 of the Most Beautiful Piano Solos Ever

(Piano Solo Songbook). 100 pop and classical standards that every piano player should master, including: Air on the G String * Bridge over Troubled Water * Canon in D * Clair de Lune * Fields of Gold * Fur Elise * I Dreamed a Dream * I Will Always Love You * Imagine * Lullaby of Birdland * Memory * Misty * Moon River * On My Own * Over the Rainbow * The Shadow of Your Smile * Smile * Stardust * Summertime * Sunrise, Sunset * Time After Time * Unexpected Song * The Way You Look Tonight * We've Only Just Begun * What a Wonderful World * Yesterday * You Raise Me Up * Your Song * and more!

• ASIN: 1476814767
• UPC: 884088676650
• ASIN: 1476814767
• ISBN: 1476814767
• Brand: Hal Leonard
• Manufacturer: Hal Leonard

Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution

A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American CenturyThey stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music, whose songs have never lost their popularity or emotional power. Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had written dozens of Broadway shows, but together they pioneered a new art form: the serious musical play. Their songs and dance numbers served to ad... [Read More]

• ASIN: 162779834X
• ASIN: 162779834X
• ISBN: 162779834X
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

The Book of Broadway: The Definitive Plays and Musicals

The Book of Broadway is a gorgeous tome dedicated to what is arguably the quintessential American art form: the Broadway show.   Lose yourself in 150 profiles of the best, most influential, and most important Broadway musicals and plays ever produced. Shows profiled include everything from the 1860s musical The Black Crook, which captivated and titillated audiences for more than five hours, to Hamilton, Broadway's biggest story of 2016. The men and women who shaped Broadway history--such as Stephen Sondheim, Tennessee Williams, Bernadette Peters, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Eth... [Read More]

• ASIN: 076035734X
• ASIN: 076035734X
• ISBN: 076035734X
• Manufacturer: Voyageur Press

Musicals: The Definitive Illustrated Story

Musicals: The Definitive Illustrated Story showcases the complete history of the musical on stage and screen, from its origins in ancient Greece to early twentieth century dance halls and vaudeville to the golden age of cinema productions to the record-breaking Broadway musicals of today.Packed with historical insights, memorabilia, behind-the-scenes gossip, and artifacts, Musicals: The Definitive Illustrated Story takes you on the ultimate behind-the-scenes tour of the best-loved musicals, such as Chicago, Les Misérables, The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, and many ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1465438866
• ASIN: 1465438866
• ISBN: 9781465438867
• Manufacturer: DK

Footloose: Bonus CD! "Footloose" performed by Kenny Loggins

Time to cut loose! Have a rockin' good time introducing children to the fun of Footloose, rewritten for children by the one and only Kenny Loggins. Jack the zookeeper joins the zoo animals in an all-night dance party! Little ones will love the cast of characters, including the rockin' chimp Louise ("Geez, Louise!"), Mister DJ Elephant, the lemur Marie ("Oo Wee, Marie"), Milo the wombat, Luke the funkiest cat in the zoo, and so many more rocking, bopping, boogeying, tangoing, shaking, rattling and rolling animals! This new original story is sure to get your feet moving.The fun doesn't have to ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1633221180
• ASIN: 1633221180
• ISBN: 1633221180
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: MoonDance Press

Box of Butterflies: Discovering the Unexpected Blessings All Around Us

An Instant New York Times Bestseller Roma Downey—best known as the beloved angel on the TV show Touched by an Angel—has created a beautiful book filled with encouragement and hope, assuring us of God’s comforting presence in our lives.Ever since she was a little girl, Roma has seen butterflies as a reminder of God’s presence. They have appeared to her in moments when she needed encouragement and reminded her she is not alone. In this deeply personal book, Roma shares stories from her life, alongside quotes, poems, scripture, and artwork that she prays will uplift you as they have her. ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01HMXRWBW
• ASIN: B01HMXRWBW
• Manufacturer: Howard Books

The Great Movies

America’s most trusted and best-known film critic Roger Ebert presents one hundred brilliant essays on some of the best movies ever made.  Roger Ebert, the famed film writer and critic, wrote biweekly essays for a feature called "The Great Movies," in which he offered a fresh and fervent appreciation of a great film. The Great Movies collects one hundred of these essays, each one of them a gem of critical appreciation and an amalgam of love, analysis, and history that will send readers back to that film with a fresh set of eyes and renewed enthusiasm–or perhaps to an avid first-time viewi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0767910389
• ASIN: 0767910389
• ISBN: 0767910389
• Brand: Ebert, Roger
• Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press

The Hamilton Affair: A Novel

A New York Times Bestseller and one of the best historical fiction books of 2016 and 2017!“A juicy answer to Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton…” --CosmopolitanSet against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of legendary characters, The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from passionate and tender beginnings of their romance to his fateful duel on the banks of the Hudson River.Hamilton was a bastard and orphan, raised in the Caribbean and desperate for legitimacy, who became one of the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01H0825PW
• ASIN: B01H0825PW
• Manufacturer: Arcade

Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

In Double Cross, New York Times bestselling author Ben Macintyre returns with the untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II, and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it.On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. D-Day was a stunning military accomplishment, but it was also a masterpiece of trickery. Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion, and the Double Cross system, which specialized in turning German spies into double agents, deceived the Nazis into believing th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307888770
• ASIN: 0307888770
• ISBN: 9780307888778
• Brand: Broadway Books
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

All That Jazz: The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago

In 1975, the Broadway musical Chicago brought together a host of memes and myths - the gleefully subversive character of American musical comedy, the reckless glamour of the big-city newspaper, the mad decade of the 1920s, the work of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon (two of the greatest talents in the musical's history), and the Wild West gangsterville that was the city of Chicago itself.The tale of a young woman who murders her departing lover and then tricks the jury into letting her off, Chicago seemed too blunt and cynical at first. Everyone agreed it was show biz at its brilliant best, yet the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0190651792
• ASIN: 0190651792
• ISBN: 0190651792
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City

A passionate and dramatic account of a year in the life of a city, when baseball and crime reigned supreme, and when several remarkable figures emerged to steer New York clear of one of its most harrowing periods.By early 1977, the metropolis was in the grip of hysteria caused by a murderer dubbed "Son of Sam." And on a sweltering night in July, a citywide power outage touched off an orgy of looting and arson that led to the largest mass arrest in New York's history. As the turbulent year wore on, the city became absorbed in two epic battles: the fight between Yankee slugger Reggie Jackson and... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0312424302
• ASIN: 0312424302
• ISBN: 0312424302
• Brand: Picador USA
• Manufacturer: Picador

The Cher Show (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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• UPC: 548155032

The Andy Griffith Show: 50th Anniversary The Best of Mayberry (DVD)

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• UPC: 15211703
• Color: YOther
• Rating: 4.0

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time : (Broadway Tie-in Edition)

THE BESTSELLING NOVEL THE AWARD-WINNING LONDON THEATRICAL SENSATION NOW ON BROADWAY MORE THAN 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number

• UPC: 41676932
• Rating: 4.163

Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway (DVD)

‘Hamilton: One Shot To Broadway' takes us behind the curtain to look at the stars, story and history of the musical sensation that has conquered the world. The play tells the thrilling story of Alexander

• UPC: 236292591

The Best Of Broadway - A Treasury Of Great Showtunes: The Music Of The Night

The Best Of Broadway - A Treasury Of Great Showtunes: The Music Of The

• UPC: 1812009

The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (DVD)

Based on the original show that launched Pee-wee Herman into an American pop culture icon, Paul Reubens' beloved quirky character brings his Playhouse to life once more! THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW ON BROADWAY was shot

• UPC: 16915590
• Color: YOther
• Rating: 4.0

Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew, Live on Broadway (DVD)

Jackie Mason The Ultimate Jew Live on Broadway is a 2 disc set from his 8th and final one-man

• UPC: 55331285

Cher Show (original Broadway Cast Recording) (Vinyl)

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• UPC: 634423011

Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber: Broadway Collection /

Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway

• UPC: 849298

Whoopi: Back To Broadway - The 20th Anniversary

whoopi: back on broadway - the 20th anniversary (dvd)smart, savvy and sassy, whoopi goldberg exploded onto the show-biz scene in 1985, when her one-woman broadway show wowed live audiences and, later, hbo subscribers. one of

• UPC: 4241777
• Color: YOther
• Rating: 4.333

The Best of Broadway - 60 All Time Favorite Show Tunes Record Set

• UPC: 122520763178
• Category: Records
• Price: 20 USD