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Theater books spotlight backstage creators and critics
A survey of recent theater books emphasizes backstage artisans over stars. Notable titles include Playwrights Lyricists Composers on Theater edited by Otis L. Guernsey Jr, Contradictions by Harold Prince, If You Don't Dance They Beat You by Jose Quintero, All People Are Famous by Harold Clurman, This Bright Day by Lehman Engle, and Theater World’s Best Plays annual. The pieces assess critics, creative processes, and personal dynamics shaping Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Otis L. Guernsey, Jr
Dramatists, Guild Quarterly
Guernsey
George Abbot
Dale Wassereman
Harold Prince
Sondheim & Co
Broadway
Craig Zadan
Stephen Sondheim
Richard Rodgers
Sondheim
Jose Quintero
Circle In the Square
Iis
Eugene O'Neill
Carlotta Monterey
Quintero
Harold Clurman
Jerzy Grotowski
Peter Brook
Theater World
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