Is anyone famliar with this book?

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 10/29/05 at 12:53pm

Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004 (Hardcover)
by John Stewart
List Price: $195.00

Any information appreciated. I found it while looking around on Amazon. There is still no cover image. Anyone know anything? Pretty darn expensive, even for a coffee-table book!
Broadway Musicals

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/29/05 at 2:56pm

Here's what I found digging around on line. It sounds like a reference book, not a coffee table book. But it also sounds pretty damn impressive:

Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004
John Stewart
With more than 750 entries, this comprehensive
reference book provides information
on every musical produced on Broadway since
Oklahoma in 1943. Each entry contains a brief
synopsis of the show; the pre–Broadway story
of the show; the facts of the Broadway run
itself, with dates, theatres, and cast and crew;
and post–Broadway information with a
detailed list of later notable productions, along
with important reviews and awards.
[992]pp. $¡95 library binding (8∂ × ¡¡) est. Sept. 2005
Bibliography, appendix, indexes ISBN 0-7864-2244-0


EDIT: My only thought is that it's already dated. It ends in 2004. Just like buying a book on the Oscars. Two years later you wish it had more info in it. But if you don't mind the date range (apparently Show Boat and Rodgers & Hart, etc., never existed!) this sounds frighteningly comprehensive.

Updated On: 10/29/05 at 02:56 PM

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 10/29/05 at 2:59pm

update, Wrong book, sorry.

Updated On: 10/29/05 at 02:59 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 10/29/05 at 3:00pm

This really has EVERY musical in it?

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/29/05 at 3:01pm

So it DOES have pictures? There was no mention of it in the publisher's blurb, so I assumed it was reference-style.

Well, then, YES, it's coffee-table-ready. (Although I bet it weighs 300 pounds, if it's that all-inclusive.)

EDIT: Just got your edit, smartpenguin. So, no pictures.
It's a reference book (...to end ALL reference books).

Updated On: 10/29/05 at 03:01 PM

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 10/29/05 at 3:14pm

I wish I could find the book I was talking about again, it was the same price as this one but the publication date was earlier this year, similar period and lots of pictures, but far fewers shows.

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 10/29/05 at 7:49pm

Thanks, best12bars. I think I'll search the library and local bookstores until I find it, just to look it over before I shell out $195....