7 Top music books like Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdum

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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…

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1. 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

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • plays
  • audiobook
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2. Babycakes (Tales of the City, #4)

By: Armistead Maupin

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The characters that filled the pages of the three earlier Tales of the City books with love and lau… read more

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3. The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City, #9)

By: Armistead Maupin

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

Suspenseful, comic, and touching, the ninth and final novel in Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales… read more

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4. Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway

By: Michael Riedel

3.95

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

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  • music
  • history
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Michael Tolliver Lives (Tales of the City, #7)

By: Armistead Maupin

2.78

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Michael Tolliver, the sweet-spirited Southerner in Armistead Maupin's classic Tales of the Cityseri… read more

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6. Act One

By: Woody Allen , Moss Hart

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Dramatic Story that Capitvated a Generation With this new edition, the classic best-selling aut… read more

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  • theatre
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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7. Further Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #3)

By: Armistead Maupin

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

The residents of 28 Barbary Lane are back again in this racy, suspenseful and wildly romantic seque… read more

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8. Sure of You (Tales of the City, #6)

By: Armistead Maupin

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

In this, the sixth and final self-contained volume of Armistead Maupin's epic chronicle of modern l… read more

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9. Home: A Memoir of My Early Years

By: Julie Andrews Edwards

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Since her first appearance on screen in Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews has played a series of memorabl… read more

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10. Fosse

By: Sam Wasson

4.34

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

More than a quarter-century after his death, Bob Fosse's fingerprints on popular culture remain ind… read more

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11. 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

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12. Mary Ann in Autumn (Tales of the City, #8)

By: Armistead Maupin

4.18

Format: 578 pages,

Twenty years have passed since Mary Ann Singleton left her husband and child in San Francisco to pu… read more

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

By: Ed Zwick

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."

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

"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."

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

"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"

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

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14. 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

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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15. Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

By: Julie Andrews Edwards

3.88

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
"All my life I have struggled with making decisions—which I blame on being a true Libra—"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"I know that I am—all that I am. And all that I am is full and ripe. All that I am is standing still, waiting and watching and bursting with life. Holding the straining seams of my skin, my passion an…"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"Dancers can look at a mirror, a writer can look at a page, and a painter can look at a canvas and see their work reflected back at them. But singers can only hear and feel what they are doing. After …"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

"Dancers can look at a mirror, a writer can look at a page, and a painter can look at a canvas and see their work reflected back at them. But singers can only hear and feel what they are doing. After …"

-Julie Andrews Edwards, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

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16. Mike Nichols: A Life

By: Mark Harris

4.48

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment histor… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. 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 Todd S. Purdum's Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • plays
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Todd S. Purdum's Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution

  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • theatre
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • musicals
  • adult
  • plays
  • audiobook
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19. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

By: Julie Satow

4.06

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

By: Melissa Fitzgerald

4.49

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing  as told by cast members Mel… read more

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  • history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical

By: Laurie Winer

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A new look at artist Oscar Hammerstein II as a pivotal and underestimated force in the creation of … read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • musicals
  • audiobook

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

Glen Berger

3.93

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Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway

Michael Riedel

3.95

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

Ed Zwick

4.03

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4.02

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Gretchen Whitmer

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Evan Friss

4.18

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4.49

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