Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Big Musical Bombs
- ISBN-10
- 1557836310
- ISBN-13
- 9781557836311
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 388
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Author
- Steven Suskin
Description
"These cautionary tales are provocative, highly instructive, occasionally brutal, and, from a safe distance, downright hilarious, making Second Act Trouble the perfect Broadway bedtime reader - unless you are prone to nightmares."--BOOK JACKET.
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