FIRESIDE THEATRE BOOK CLUB

[Flahooley]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 6:07pm

Does anyone miss the FIRESIDE THEATRE BOOK CLUB as much as I do?

I remember getting hardbound copies of great plays every month as well as hard to find librettos of the most recent broadway musicals.

It was like getting a little piece of theatre in the mail. It was my only contact with the far away world of Broadway when I was a kid. It also taught me to appreciated the texts of the great and often mediocre Broadway fare. I miss it.

[dancinfan]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 11:19pm

Me, too.

[maybethistime]

Posted: 2/27/06 at 11:42pm

I wasn't ever a subscriber; I don't know if it was even still around in my lifetime, however, I collect musical libretti and TONS of them are from Fireside Bookclub and I wish it was still around today. It would have been an amazing thing to get a great new play or musical in the mail every month!

[Runner1B]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 12:29am

I miss the club too. I was a member from 1981 until it shut down.

[Tirso de Molina]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 12:46am

I was totally depressed when it shut down. I think the last things I got from them were TAKE ME OUT and the Stoppard COAST OF UTOPIA trilogy in a nice boxed set.

Alas, Fireside Theatre, we hardly knew ye ....

[DG]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 12:59am

I was a member for many years - it was a god-send for those of us without access to a theatre bookstore. And I loved having hardback copies of some of my favorite scripts. They still form a major section of my theatre library.

[Flahooley]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 7:43pm

I vaguely remember it turning into something called STAGE AND SCREEN in the mid 1990's. Then it used... disappeared.

[Becky2]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 8:03pm

I was never a subscriber either, but it sounds really great. Were it still around I would definetly sign up for it.

[James2]

Posted: 12/13/21 at 2:48pm

I've gotten some of these over the last few years from The Strand, the Flea Market, and eBay.  My two latest acquisitions arrived today - A Class Act and A Man of No Importance.  I'd love to know if there is anything close to a comprehensive list of their published works, or at least of their musical scripts.

Updated On: 12/13/21 at 02:48 PM