Finale: Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim
By: D.T. Max
3.71
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A New Yorker writer's illuminating and deeply personal collection of interviews with the late Steph…
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1. Jim Henson: The Biography
By: Brian Jay Jones
4.01
Format: 585 pages, Hardcover
For the first time ever-a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century's most innovative… read more
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"Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.' - Jim"-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography
"It is our responsibility to keep telling these tales--to tell them in a way that they teach and entertain and give meaning to our lives,' he [Jim] said later. 'This is not merely an obligation, it's …"-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography
"Indeed, [Jimmy] Dean believed in Rowlf so completely that he would sometimes genuinely break up when Rowlf delivered one-liners, laughing so hard that he was unable to sing. "I treated Rowlf like he …"-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography
"One viewer - a Mr. Dionne from California... fired off an angry, rambling letter, complaining haughtily that "the most disciplined attention I could give [The Cube] was a belch from the grave of Marc…"-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography
2. 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
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3. Stephen Sondheim: A Life
By: Meryle Secrest
4.15
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
In the first full-scale life of the most important composer-lyricist at work in musical theatre tod… read more
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4. 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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5. Company: A Musical Comedy
By: Stephen Sondheim , George Furth
2.86
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
Sondheim's breakthrough play. read more
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6. Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1954-1981, With Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines, and Anecdotes
By: Stephen Sondheim
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Stephen Sondheim has won seven Tonys, an Academy Award, seven Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and the Ken… read more
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7. The Rose Tattoo
By: Tennessee Williams
3.67
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
A tender idyll about a Sicilian woman who must get over the death of her husband. "Forget the uneve… read more
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8. Red
By: John Logan
3.66
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF SIX TONY AWARDS A moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the twe… read more
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9. Suddenly Last Summer
By: Tennessee Williams
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Kerr, in the NY Herald-Tribune, describes: "This, says Mr. Williams through the most sympathetic vo… read more
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10. The Beauty Queen of Leenane
By: Martin McDonagh
4.08
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comi… read more
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11. Sunday in the Park With George
By: James Lapine , Stephen Sondheim
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
(Applause Libretto Library). This 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical was inspired by the painting … read more
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12. Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1981-2011, With Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes, and Miscellany
By: Stephen Sondheim
3.59
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
After his acclaimed and best-selling Finishing the Hat(named one of the New York Times 10 Best Book… read more
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13. 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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14. Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, #10)
By: Armistead Maupin
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The tenth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Franci… read more
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15. Fat Ham
By: James Ijames
4.06
Format: None pages, None
No publication details yet read more
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16. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
17. 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
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18. Walking in My Joy: In These Streets
By: Jenifer Lewis
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A new offering from the author of the hugely successful Mother of Black Hollywood. Walking in My Jo… read more
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19. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
By: Michael Schulman
4.09
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
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20. 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
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"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
21. 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
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22. Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
By: Carrie Courogen
3.92
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"A deeply researched, psychologically astute new biography of May by Carrie Courogen...The book is … read more
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23. Chita: A Memoir
By: Chita Rivera
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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24. Magic to Do: Pippin's Fantastic, Fraught Journey to Broadway and Beyond
By: Elysa Gardner
3.72
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25. Finale: Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim
By: D.T. Max
3.71
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A New Yorker writer's illuminating and deeply personal collection of interviews with the late Steph… read more
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26. Leopoldstadt
By: Tom Stoppard
4.36
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27. Up With the Sun
By: Thomas Mallon
3.68
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A look back at the life of a little-known, C-list celebrity striver who met a bad end in New York C… read more
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28. Trouble in Mind (Illuminations)
By: Alice Childress
4.06
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
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29. Gays on Broadway
By: Ethan Mordden
3.36
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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30. Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy
By: Stephen M. Silverman
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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31. Lord Knows, At Least I Was There: Working with Stephen Sondheim
By: Paul Ford
3.83
Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition
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