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Title: It Happened on Broadway: An Oral History of the Great White Way by Myrna Katz Frommer, Harvey Frommer ISBN: 0-15-100280-0 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 31 October, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (63 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: DELIGHTFUL! TERRIFIC! JUST SWELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment: It Happened on Broadway: An Oral History of the Great Whire Way by Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer. A husband and wife team of Professors in the Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies at Dartmouth College, the Frommers have gathered together the living memories cf over one hundred actors, directors, producers, lyricists, playwrights, critics, designers, publicists, and stage managers to create a volume filled with the light and magic of Broadway itself. These collected memories take us from the enduring dramatic successes of the years~ before and after World War II, through the golden age of the American musical, right up to today's megahits. It Happened on Broadway offers priceless recollections of Broadway hangouts, such as Sardi's and Lindy's; performing with Brando in "Streetcar," the collaborations of Kaufman and Hart and Rogers and Hammerstein; and countless encounters with the likes of Mary Martin, Carol Channing, Jerome Robbins, Tennessee Williams, and Steven Sondheim. There's enough theater lore here - from back stage to the orchestra pit - to entertain the most devoted Broadway aficionado.

Rating: 5
Summary: UNIQUE! ----E Performer.com
Comment: Actors and backstage personnel alike recall their experiences and their peers on Broadway in this unique book. Such luminaries as Carol Channing, Gwen Verdon, Patricia Neal, Richard Kiley share their memories in a book that spans more than six decades of Broadway history

Rating: 5
Summary: ==WONDERFUL==READ==stage directions magazine!
Comment: a whiff of nostalgia

It Happened on Broadway is an oral history of the Great White Way. Edited by Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer, it reviews 50 years of Broadway theater through the words and memories of greats like Celeste Holm, one of the stars of the original Broadway production of Oklahoma!, Kim Hunter, who recalls her onstage mishaps with Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire and Donna McKechnie, the original Cassie in A Chorus Line. Also quoted are the children of theater legends Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers, Bert Lahr, Irving Berlin and Eddie Cantor. The quotes are strung together a bit deceptively, as if the speakers are talking with one another, which isn't the case. And there are occasional misspelled names and titles that indicate a lack of editorial oversight. If you can overlook this, it's a wonderful read.

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