"101 Greatest Shows of All Tme" book
"101 Greatest Shows of All Tme" book
Oscar Jaffee
Stand-by Joined: 5/15/03
#0"101 Greatest Shows of All Tme" book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:54pm
I just received my copy of the book "Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time," and I must say that it is a must-have for any Broadway buff.
For those of you who have read it, what are your comments about the shows selected (or those that weren't)? I was delightfully surprised that my favorite, "On the Twentieth Century," was among the selections. What I particularly liked about the book is that it includes pictures that haven't been published before, or at least haven't been published about a million times in other books.
Your comments please
#1re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:55pmCan someone list the 101 shows? Or at least tell me if Peter Pan was included?
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mizzie
Featured Actor Joined: 9/30/04
#2re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 3:58pm
Unfortunately I have not read this book....but how did Les Misérables, Hairspray, Avenue Q, Wicked, and Little Shop do?
*looks around hopefully*
Oscar Jaffee
Stand-by Joined: 5/15/03
#3re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 4:00pm"Peter Pan" and Les Miz" are in the book. The only musical of the present century listed is "The Full Monty."
#4re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 4:10pmI love this book, and it is very cheap (like 20 bucks I think), so completely worth the purchase. I have been intersted in Musical Thetre for years and years and a lot of these pictures are new to me. A Must Have!
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#5re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 4:10pm
It's a terrific, must-buy book (it was on sale for around $23 at Barnes & Noble last week) if for no other reason, the photographs are absolutely incredible. They spent years digging through vaults and archives to unearth some of them that have never been published before. Absolutely beautiful. They also have dozens of great mini-bios and capsule summaries of a who's who of performers, directors, choregraphers, designers et al crucial to the development of the musical theatre in the last 100 years.
One can most certainly quibble about some of the inclusions (too many early operettas and second and third-tier shows from 40s - 60s) and omissions (several outrageous ones), but the book is certainly worth owning for the price for what IS included here and for the text and amazing photographs.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#6re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 4:17pmBut Margo, surely they didn't overlook Starlight Express!
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#7re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 4:22pmPerhaps the most outrageous omission of them all.......
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robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 4:24pm
Do they include movies???
Cause I bet A CHRISTMAS CAROL is in there!!
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#9re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 4:25pmomg it HAS to be!!!!!
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#10re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 4:27pmWell, there are three pages of full color photographs of Jennifer Love-Hewitt.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Updated On: 12/8/04 at 04:27 PM
#11re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 4:29pm*runs to Barnes and Noble*
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#12re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:06pmWhat were some of the shows listed in this book? What year did it go up to?
#13re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:09pmAll the usual suspects are in the book...The book features 101 musicals and pictures from flops, etc. Most of the show choices are standards but the pics and comments are unique.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#14re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:11pmTHe "newest" show is The Full Monty (it doesn't include The Producers). I seem to remember Ragtime, Rent, City of Angels, and, I think, Kiss of the Spiderwoman from the 90s. The list is on BWW somewhere...
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#15re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:19pmI just love my copy. I'm stetching out my enjoyment of it--I read about one or two shows before going to sleep each night. It's a brief, wonderful way to end the day.
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#16re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:56pmI'm pretty sure that all those shows are in there Margo. I remember seeing them in a little subsection.
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#17re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 5:58pm
(I wil now do what I am apparently supposed to do):
Well, as long as SWEENEY is in there...
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Updated On: 12/8/04 at 05:58 PM
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Ebonic_Singer
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/18/04
#18re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 6:14pmthat's cool--I'll try to pick it up sometime soon.
#19re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 7:45pm
Oh Margo! You truly made me LOL. Priceless!
I thumbed through the book when killing time at Marshall Field's and the photos alone seem worth the price. Maybe Santa will see I've been a very good boy.....
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#20re: '101 Greatest Shows of All Tme' book
Posted: 12/8/04 at 7:48pmI put it on my Christmas list. It was at Costco and I was looking through it and almost peed in excitement at the picture of George Hearn in a dress. Spicy!
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
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