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Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc

Posted: 11/14/06 at 1:21pm

What other companion books are there around?

The Grimmerie is excellent as is the Ave Q book. Hyperion seems to be doing an excellent job. I think that a companion book is a great thing for a show to have. Does anyone know of any others either in circulation or upcoming...?
#2

re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc

Posted: 11/14/06 at 1:26pm

LES MIZ, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, MISS SAIGON, CATS, AIDA, ASPECTS OF LOVE, THE PRODUCERS, LION KING, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, TITANIC, TOMMY, HAIRSPRAY, MAMMA MIA!, A CHORUS LINE (there are a couple), COLOR PURPLE, and SUNSET BLVD all have books out... And I have them re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc INTO THE WOODS has an incredible illustrated "storybook" that I got for easter as child. And of course THE GRIMMERIE for WICKED *big grin*


"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

Updated On: 11/14/06 at 01:26 PM

#3

re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc

Posted: 11/14/06 at 1:27pm

Thanks for this post. I've been thinking about this for a while...
other recent books are Mamma Mia! and The Color Purple.

Older books in my collection include:
Les Miserables
Phantom of the Opera
Miss Saigon
Beauty & The Beast
Cabaret
Chicago
Titanic
Aida
Into the Woods (storybook)
Lion King
Cats
Wicked
Rent
A Chorus Line
The Producers
Hairspray

I know Evita had a companion book too but it's been long out of print (it was blue and included an illustration of the planned memorial for Eva before her body disappeared). Any other books people know of?

Updated On: 11/14/06 at 01:27 PM

#7

re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc

Posted: 11/14/06 at 1:57pm

No photo, but you can get it on Amazon for $2.49:

http://www.amazon.com/Story-Miss-Saigon-Edward-Behr/dp/1559701242/sr=1-3/qid=1163530588/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/102-1114449-0935365?ie=UTF8&s=books
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"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.

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#9

re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc

Posted: 11/14/06 at 2:03pm

They're doing a Mary Poppins one. Its available on preorder from Amazon.
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#10

re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc

Posted: 11/14/06 at 2:08pm

The Mary Poppins Book was due June 2005. They keep on pushing back the publication date, so dont count on it being released any time in the future. I found that there is to be a Tarzan book. THey should really do one for Spamalot though.
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re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc

Posted: 11/14/06 at 4:27pm

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=858987

Learn it. Love it. Live it.

PLEASE.
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy

"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.

Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
#15

re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc

Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:16pm

I have the Miss Saigon and the Phantom ones.
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
#16

re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc

Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:28pm

THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA is said to have one coming out soon re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
#18

re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc

Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:30pm

The LITP book will have the libretto included re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
#20

re: Companion Books e.g The Grimmerie, the Avenue Q Book etc

Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:34pm

The woman at my local bookstore said she was not sure of a release date yet, but that it WAS going to be published.
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

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