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Broadway's Most Wanted?: The Top 10 Book of Dynamic Divas, Surefire Showstoppers, and Box-Office Busts »

Authors: Tom Shea
ISBN-13: 9781574885965, ISBN-10: 1574885960
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Date Published: September 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Tom Shea

Tom Shea is an accomplished singer and actor and, to his knowledge, the only person to have appeared in The Golden Apple; Lady in the Dark; One Touch of Venus; Knickerbocker Holiday; Utopia, Ltd.; and The Grand Duke. He lives in Chicago.

Book Synopsis

There is no business like show business!

	List of Illustrations	ix
	Preface	xi
	Introduction	xii
	I'm the Greatest Individual: 10 Notable Tony Winners	1
	With Their Awful Clothes and Their Rock-and-Roll: 10 Musicals Written by Famous Rock Artists	7
	I Can't Do the Sum: 10 Numerical Broadway Musicals	14
	Next Stop, Neverland: 10 Musicals Set in Imaginary Locations	17
	I Think It's Funny: 10 Musicals Based on the Comics	24
	Show Me: Behind the Scenes	31
	It's a Hell of a Town: 10 Fun City Musicals	38
	We Shout, "Look Out, Yale!": 10 Musicals about Sports	45
	Again, from the Top: 10 Prominent "Revisals"	52
	Duelling Musicals!: Musicals that Share the Same Source Material	60
	The Wages of Sin: TV Shows Featuring Broadway Stars	71
	Fill the World with Ships and Shoes: 10 Musicals about Big Business	76
	That Was a Flop?: 10 Misleadingly Great Broadway Cast Albums	83
	Cinema Theatricalo: Movies about the Creation of Musical Theater	91
	Food, Glorious Food!: 10 Broadway Musicals You Could Eat	95
	Cold and Dead: 10 Musicals About Killers	100
	Every Movie's a Circus: 10 Legendary Broadway Performers Who Lost Their Roles in the Movie Version	107
	I Think I Can Play This Part: 10 Broadway Performers Who Did the Movie Version	117
	All Hail the Political Honeymoon: 10 Musicals about Politics and Politicians	123
	Don't Fence Me In: 10 Rootin' Tootin' Western Musicals	129
	Bring the House Down: Pop Stars Who Crossed Over to Broadway	134
	Come Back to Me: 10 Hollywood Stars Who Crossed Over to Broadway	139
	It's a Hit, It's a Palpable Hit: Hit Songs You Never Knew Came from Musicals	145
	I Love a Film Cliche: Movie Musicals that Made It to the Stage	153
	We Sail the Seas: 10 Musicals Set on the Water	159
	I'm a Bad, Bad Man: 10 Great Musical Villains	164
	Blow, Gabriel, Blow: Depictions of Faith in Broadway Musicals	169
	It's Better with a Bard: 10 Musicals Based on Shakespeare	174
	You're Responsible! You're the One to Blame! It's Your Fault!: 10 Musicals to Scratch Your Head Over	180
	Wig in a Box: 10 Musicals Featuring Characters in Drag	185
	Bigger Isn't Better: 10 "Small" Shows	192
	It's an Art: 10 Musicals about Other Art Forms	196
	Children Will Listen: Parents and Children in the Musical Theater	201
	Keep it Gay: 10 Musicals With, Um, Happy Bachelor Characters	207
	Where Did We Go Right?: 10 Surprise Hit Musicals	213
	Am I My Resume?: Musical Actors Who Write	219
	I Saw Stars: Recent TV Shows With Tony Winners and Nominees	223
	All We'll Do Is Just Dance: 10 Dance Musicals	228
	Hard to Be a Diva: 10 Outrageous Offstage Moments	233
	All Things Bright and Beautiful: 10 Musicals about the Animal Kingdom	240
	Let's Do It: 10 Musicals About S-E-X	246
	Oh, I Say!: 10 Broadway Musicals Whose Titles Are Complete Sentences	251
	Monorail!: 10 Musical Theater Spoofs	256
	Historical News Is Being Made: 10 Innovative Musicals	264
	Sunrise, Sunset: 10 of New York's Longest-Running Musicals	274
	Index	281
	About the Author	303