Coffee Table Books — Page 3

I honestly can't recommend Rich's book enough, but make sure you get it from somewhere that charges flat rate shipping - it's MASSIVE (think 700-800 page hardback). Truly an excellent volume, and the only thing I could wish for was that it included some of his return visits (e.g. his review of Dreamgirls with Julia Nixon) but it's easy to see why he'd leave things out for space reasons after a certain point.

WOW!
Its $65 on Amazon!!!!!

I'll shop around but I would expect a front row ticket included for that price!

Thanks for this recommendation.

Mama's thread here has cost me a fortune with Amazon.

Had two books come today with more on the way.

The books I got today were;

London Theatres by Mike Kilburn
Lost Broadway Theatres by Nicholas Van Hogstratten

The latter looks a superb read, I did not realise New York lost so many lovely houses and how much bigger they are than today, such as the original Broadway theatre, New Theatre and The Hippodrome, unusual for America something got smaller! They certainly new how to do a show in those days.

Five theatre got bulldozed (Morosco, Bijou, Astor, Folies-Bergere and Gaiety) to make way for the Marquis, also the Appollo and Lyric made way for The Hilton. I do not know if this was a good thing those?

My recommendation.

Updated On: 6/16/09 at 05:15 PM

Dare I suggest "Rankin Male Nudes"?

p.s. I'm in it!

Easy now, we are going a bit off topic here.

This thread is supposed to be about coffee table books, not fetishes.

65 & 66 - sadly not a double page spread but two separate photos - not that you'd recognise me from the second one.

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Updated On: 6/16/09 at 07:35 PM

This person has a great collection of theatre coffee table books, maybe 1 or 2 in there that he has written himself, but just for fun who is he?

Updated On: 6/24/09 at 07:29 AM

That still is from the DVD documentary SHOWBUSINESS, from memory it is the NY Times critic Ben Brantley.

I've been delving into newly arrived copies of The Tony Award Book and Broadway Architecture.

It's nothing short of criminal how many lovely theatres were town down in NYC!