Your favourite Broadway books

[reginula]

Hi there.
I know there are lists of Broadway books out there but I’m actively looking for a personal recommendation.
Can you share your favourites?
Right now I only own Sondheim’s Finishing the hat, the Great Comet book, and the Hamilton one.

[EllieRose2]

The Book of Broadway: The 150 Definitive Plays and Musicals.

[CorkySt.Clair]

THe Secret Life of the American Musical by Jack Viertel for sure!

[Lot666]

Someone in another thread recently mentioned a book called "Song of Spider-Man" by Glen Berger, who was the co-writer of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. If you enjoy behind-the-scenes information and are interested in what goes into the development and staging of a major Broadway show, I found this book fascinating. I got it from my local library, but enjoyed the book so much that I subsequently bought a copy for myself.

[CorkySt.Clair]

^ I’ll also second Song of Spider-Man; it was quite fascinating.

[ohjustjake]

Song of Spiderman is super interesting and hard to put down - definitely recommend it.

I read Michael Riedel's Razzle Dazzle this past winter break and really enjoyed it. All about the Schubert Organization and Foundation from their beginning days to now. Definitely a perspective you wouldn't think about as a regular theatergoer.

Definitely recommend Everything Was Possible by Ted Chapin. He was a PA on the original production of Follies. One of the best bway books I've ever read.

I'm currently reading The Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical by Mark Grant - more like a textbook but SUPER good.