Backstage: Broadway Behind the Curtain

by Rivka Katvan (Photographer), Harold Prince, Ethan Silverman (Introduction)

An exclusive collection of photographs spans the last two decades of Broadway theater and ranges from frenzied last-minute rehearsals to costume transformations to nightly curtain-call countdowns, featuring subjects from anonymous chorus members to award-winning actors.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2001

Reviews

[Sally · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe if one hasn't ever been backstage then it might be enlightening. However, it's mostly photographs of actors in underwear putting on makeup. Granted, there are a lot more famous faces than you would see in community theater, but it's very much the same vibe.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I pride myself on being a pretty good photographer, particularly trying to get the backstage shots that no one else thinks to get. Except Rivka did it all in this book. I thought it so PERFECTLY captured the backstage spirit that I was getting misty-eyed in the bookstore when I first saw it years ago. Yup. One of my favorite coffee table books.