Bruce Kimmel pens 'Writer's Block'
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 12, 2004
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Trying out a new musical can be MURDER!Grammy nominated musical theatre record producer, screenwriter, director, Bruce Kimmel, has put his insider's knowledge of musicals to diabolical use in his new mystery novel, Writer's Block.Set in the world of Broadway musical theater in 1969, Writer's Block is a funny, bitchy, suspenseful tale of the creation of a new musical—from the start of rehearsals, through the tryouts in New Haven and Boston, to opening night and after. The arguments, the fights, the tensions, the betrayals—yes, there's no business like show business. But when someone vital to the show turns up dead, apparently of accidental causes, it's time for one member of the production team to become an amateur Broadway sleuth in search of the truth—was the death an accident or was it murder?About Bruce Kimmel:
Bruce Kimmel has been one of the leading producers of theater music on CD, having produced over one hundred and thirty albums. He produced the critically-acclaimed Lost in Boston and Unsung Musicals series, as well as solo albums for Liz Callaway, Rebecca Luker, Christianne Noll, Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner, Petula Clark, Helen Reddy, Judy Kuhn, Judy Kaye, Jason Graae, Brent Barrett and many others. He has also produced the cast albums for a variety of Broadway shows including the recent revivals of Hello, Dolly! (Grammy nominee), The King and I, Bells are Ringing, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Additionally, he has produced many off-Broadway cast albums and a series of jazz albums devoted to the work of Stephen Sondheim.
He is known in Hollywood as well, having written and co-directed the cult movie classic, The First Nudie Musical, in which he also starred with Cindy Williams. He also co-created the story for the hit film The Faculty, directed by Robert Rodriguez.Release date: November 2004
Hardcover (208 pages)
ISBN #1420809636
$24.95
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