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Gerald Nachman

Gerald Nachman has been writing about musicals for over fifty years. His reviews and columns have been published in the New York Post, New York Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, New York Times, Esquire, GQ, Cosmopolitan, and Theater Week. He is the author of six books, including Showstoppers!, Seriously Funny, Raised on Radio, and Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!
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Showstoppers!
Showstoppers! (4 Formats) ›
By Gerald Nachman
Trade Paper Price 24.99

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Published Nov 2016

When Robert Preston shouted “Ya got trouble!” in River City, when Carol Channing glided down a gilded staircase while waiters serenaded her with “Hello, Dolly!,” when Barbra Streisand defied us to rain on her parade in Funny Girl, audiences were instantly enchanted. Showstoppers! is all about Broadway musicals’ most memorable numbers—why they were so effective, how they were created, and why they still resonate. Much of it is told through the eyes of the performers, songwriters, directors, and choreographers who first built these explosive numbers and lit the fuse. Gerald Nachman interviewed dozens of iconic musical theater figures, including Patti LuPone, John Raitt, Jerry Herman, Edie Adams, Dick Van Dyke, Joel Grey, Marvin Hamlisch, John Kander, Tommy Tune, Sheldon Harnick, and Harold Prince, uncovering priceless untold anecdotes and details.