13 best-selling biography books like Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway by Michael Riedel

Cover of Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway by Michael Riedel

Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

By: Michael Riedel

4.09

Format: 352 pages, ebook

“Fun and gossipy.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A masterful history.” —Publishers Weekly (starred re…

If you liked the biography plot in Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway by Michael Riedel , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) by Ted Chapin

1. Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books)

By: Ted Chapin

4.51

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

In 1971 college student Ted Chapin found himself front row center as a production assistant at the … read more

Similar categories in Ted Chapin's Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • plays
Cover of Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History by Glen Berger

2. Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History

By: Glen Berger

3.93

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

As one can imagine, writing a Broadway musical has its challenges. But it turns out there are chall… read more

Similar categories in Glen Berger's Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • plays
  • audiobook

3. Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song

By: Sara Bareilles

3.41

Format: 549 pages, Hardcover

A candid and down-to-earth collection of essays by five-time, Grammy Award nominated singer-songwri… read more

Similar categories in Sara Bareilles's Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • music
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Without You by Anthony Rapp

4. Without You

By: Anthony Rapp

4.62

Format: None pages,

Anthony Rapp captures the passion and grit unique to the theatre world as he recounts his life-chan… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Rapp's Without You book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • music
  • biography
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

5. A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages

By: Joni Rodgers , Kristin Chenoweth

4.03

Format: 606 pages,

"Life's too short. I'm not." You might know her as a Tony Award-winning Broadway star, who originat… read more

Similar categories in Joni Rodgers's A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

6. The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built

By: Jack Viertel

4.07

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller For almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losin… read more

Similar categories in Jack Viertel's The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

Cover of Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers by Mary Rodgers

7. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

By: Mary Rodgers

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The memoirs of Mary Rodgers Guettel--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried eve… read more

Similar categories in Mary Rodgers's Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • music
  • new york
  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Main Character by Jaclyn Goldis

8. The Main Character

By: Jaclyn Goldis

3.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A bestselling thriller author arranges a luxury train trip that is not what it appears to be in thi… read more

Similar categories in Jaclyn Goldis's The Main Character book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • audiobook
Cover of I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir by Harvey Fierstein

9. I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir

By: Harvey Fierstein

4.37

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Awa… read more

Similar categories in Harvey Fierstein's I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

10. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

Similar categories in Michael Schulman's Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • art
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery

11. Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen

By: Brian Raftery

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of … read more

Similar categories in Brian Raftery's Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • art
  • history
  • pop culture
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN by Anaïs Mitchell

12. Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN

By: Anaïs Mitchell

4.57

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

"Working On A Song is one of the best books about lyric writing for the theater I've read."—Lin-Man… read more

Similar categories in Anaïs Mitchell's Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • music
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • plays
  • audiobook
"A little moonshine ain't no sin"

-Anaïs Mitchell, Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN

"People turn on you just like the wind Everybody is a fair weather friend In the end, you're better off alone"

-Anaïs Mitchell, Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN

Cover of The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor by Keegan-Michael Key

13. The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor

By: Keegan-Michael Key

3.90

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

"A boisterous debut … the authors are as funny as one would expect … this is a hoot.” ― Publishers … read more

Similar categories in Keegan-Michael Key's The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • pop culture
  • audiobook
Cover of Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George" by James Lapine

14. Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George"

By: James Lapine

4.50

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in… read more

Similar categories in James Lapine's Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George" book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • music
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • plays
  • audiobook
Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

15. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

Similar categories in Griffin Dunne's The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • new york
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Cover of Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas by Jesse   Cole

16. Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas

By: Jesse Cole

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Savannah Bananas have peeled back the game of baseball and made it fun again. This is their sto… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Cole's Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Love Me as I Am by Garcelle Beauvais

17. Love Me as I Am

By: Garcelle Beauvais

3.61

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Dishy, warm, and entertaining.”— Kirkus Reviews ? The beloved Black pop culture icon, entrepreneur… read more

Similar categories in Garcelle Beauvais's Love Me as I Am book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Chita: A Memoir by Chita Rivera

18. Chita: A Memoir

By: Chita Rivera

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chit… read more

Similar categories in Chita Rivera's Chita: A Memoir book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway by Michael Riedel

19. Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

By: Michael Riedel

4.09

Format: 352 pages, ebook

“Fun and gossipy.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A masterful history.” —Publishers Weekly (starred re… read more

Similar categories in Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • music
  • new york
  • art
  • history
  • biography
  • pop culture
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • plays
  • audiobook
Cover of Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdum

20. Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution

By: Todd S. Purdum

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the… read more

Similar categories in Todd S. Purdum's Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • plays
  • audiobook
Cover of The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical by Saundra Mitchell

21. The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

By: Saundra Mitchell

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Emma Nolan wants only one thing before she graduates: to dance with her girlfrie… read more

Similar categories in Saundra Mitchell's The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical book and Michael Riedel's Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway

  • audiobook

17 Best audiobook books like Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway by Michael Riedel

Transform Your Habits

Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History

Glen Berger

3.93

Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song

Sara Bareilles

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Without You

Anthony Rapp

4.62

Transform Your Habits

The Main Character

Jaclyn Goldis

3.37

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18 Top media tie in books like Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery

Transform Your Habits

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

Peter Biskind

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco

Julie Salamon

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino

4.06

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