Sense of Occasion (Applause Books)
By: Harold Prince
4.04
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
(Applause Books). In this fast-moving, candid, conversational, and entertaining memoir, Harold Prin…
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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
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- nonfiction
- biography
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2. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
By: Various , Joe Layden , Rob Reiner , Cary Elwes
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-p… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
3. I Wanna Be a Producer: How to Make a Killing on Broadway...or Get Killed
By: John Breglio
4.12
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
(Applause Books). What does a "producer" actually do? How does one travel from that great idea for … read more
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- theatre
- nonfiction
4. Tradition!: The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World's Most Beloved Musical
By: Barbara Isenberg
3.88
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
Since it first opened on Broadway in September, 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has constantly been onsta… read more
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- theatre
- nonfiction
- biography
5. 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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6. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
7. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
By: Tony Kushner
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama, 1993. The first part of Tony Kushner's epic drama of America in th… read more
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8. Revival
By: Stephen King
3.80
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
A dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side o… read more
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"There’s no tonic like an old friend."-Stephen King, Revival
"Frightened people live in their own special hell."-Stephen King, Revival
"When you’re travelling far, it’s best to travel light."-Stephen King, Revival
"Paths cross all the time in this world of our, sometimes in the strangest places."-Stephen King, Revival
9. A Tramp Abroad
By: Mark Twain
3.16
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Twain's abundant humor waxes as freely as ever; this time, however, his amusement bears a more cyni… read more
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10. 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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11. Making It So
By: Patrick Stewart
4.33
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
12. You Like It Darker
By: Stephen King
4.32
Format: 502 pages, Hardcover
From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more
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- audiobook
13. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
By: Tom Hanks
3.70
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-st… read more
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"Are you a clairvoyant?"-Tom Hanks, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
14. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- biography
- audiobook
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
15. Shy
By: Max Porter
3.63
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you’… read more
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"He could learn to speak this language: night-end."-Max Porter, Shy
"He feels colossally sad. Blisteringly sad. Almost ecstatically sad."-Max Porter, Shy
"Shy said It's our music, coming out of our shit towns, it's not from Staten Island or Seattle or Detroit, it's from Walsall and Watford. Shaun and his mate Andy burst out laughing and Andy did a sque…"-Max Porter, Shy
"He smells of pond. Everything smells of pond. He feels like he could sniff his way into individual microbes, earthy worming growgreen liquid stink, newts and shoots, silty, fruity, and as he walks he…"-Max Porter, Shy
16. 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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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
17. My Name Is Barbra
By: Barbra Streisand
4.20
Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more
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- biography
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"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
18. Fat Ham
By: James Ijames
4.06
Format: None pages, None
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19. 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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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
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"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
20. 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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- biography
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21. The House of Hidden Meanings
By: RuPaul
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more
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"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
22. 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
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. 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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- memoir
- theatre
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- audiobook
24. 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
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- nonfiction
- biography
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25. Swing State
By: Rebecca Gilman
3.50
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
First performed at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in 2022. Recently widowed, Peg tends to the 40 acres o… read more
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26. Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
By: Leslie Odom Jr.
4.11
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Leslie Odom. Jr, burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway mus… read more
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"Who are you dreaming for today?"-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"The path to moments of greatness in your life will be paved, in part, with your spectacular failures."-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"The work you put in when no one is watching will matter far more than the work you do when the cameras are rolling."-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"The biggest break is the one you will give yourself by choosing to believe in your vision and what you love and the gifts you have to offer the waiting world."-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
27. 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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- nonfiction
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28. Long Island Compromise
By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
3.88
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatter… read more
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29. Unmasked: A Memoir
By: Andrew Lloyd Webber
3.79
Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition
"You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if you’ve had the sort of… read more
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- theatre
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30. Sense of Occasion (Applause Books)
By: Harold Prince
4.04
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
(Applause Books). In this fast-moving, candid, conversational, and entertaining memoir, Harold Prin… read more
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31. The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
By: Kelly Bishop
4.52
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Come for the Gilmore Girls anecdotes, stay for the revealing truths about what it takes to build a… read more
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